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CASPER, Wyo. — Firefighters were dispatched to, and put out, a fire at an apartment on the 3000 block of Provence Court on Monday afternoon, according to a press release from the Casper Fire-EMS Department.
After hearing activated smoke alarms and smelling smoke, residents of a neighboring apartment notified neighbors and evacuated them.
The call came in at 12:34 p.m., after which firefighters located the fire and quickly extinguished it.
Search crews also found a family dog and removed it from the building. Firefighters and officers tried to resuscitate the pet, but it succumbed to smoke inhalation. No other injuries were reported.
The occupants of the apartment were not home at the time of the fire.
Firefighters responded to the scene with five units, the on-duty battalion chief, investigators and chief officers. Other responders included the Casper Public Safety Communications Center, Casper Police Department officers, officers with Metro Animal Control, ambulances from Banner Health Wyoming Medical Center and technicians from Rocky Mountain Power.
The apartment’s occupants were displaced by smoke and fire damage. They are receiving assistance from the Natrona County Burn Fund.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation by the Casper Fire-EMS Department.
The Department complimented the swift action of neighbors alerted by properly working smoke alarms as a major factor in keeping this fire from burning down the entire building. The department also urges community residents to check their own smoke alarms with the change to Daylight Saving Time.
For assistance with your smoke alarms, contact the Casper Fire-EMS administration office at 235-8222.
