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Pets lead rescuers to boy trapped in burning house - CharlotteObserver.com Posted: 04 Feb 2011 04:49 AM PST Posted: Friday, Feb. 04, 2011 Firefighters say a barking dog and meowing cat helped them find an 11-year-old boy who was trapped in a burning home in east Charlotte Thursday morning. The dog and about 20 other pets died in the two-alarm blaze, but the boy was rescued by firefighters who charged through thick smoke and flames and found the youth in a second-floor hallway of the family's split-level house off Idlewild Road. Kevin Boardman, a fifth-grader at nearby Idlewild Elementary School, was in critical condition Thursday night at a hospital in Columbia, where he was airlifted after being treated earlier in the day at Carolinas Medical Center, fire officials said. "He is fighting for his life," Charlotte fire Capt. Rob Brisley said. "The barking dog and a meowing cat alerted firefighters to where the boy was," Brisley added. Parents Cindy and Bob Boardman and Kevin's 13-year-old brother, Tim, were taken by Medic to Carolinas Medical Center, where they were in fair condition Thursday night, authorities said. The fire was reported about 5:30 a.m. at the house on Springfield Drive at Boston Avenue, a few hundred yards from the elementary school. The first firefighters to arrive, from Station 3 on Monroe Road, arrived four minutes after the call was received and found smoke pouring from the windows and doors. By 5:45 a.m., flames were shooting from the upper level of the house, and a second alarm was sounded, with crews from Station 29 on Margaret Wallace Road called to help. Neighbor Tracey Brandon told WCNC-TV, the Observer's news partner, that the parents and older sibling escaped the blaze and then started screaming for the younger boy. "They were yelling at him to wake up," Brandon told WCNC. Two cats survived, officials said. The house appeared to be destroyed, and the Charlotte chapter of the American Red Cross said it was prepared to help the family find shelter. Brisley said the fire caused $150,000 in damage and appears to be accidental. WCNC-TV contributed. Subscribe to The Charlotte Observer. The Charlotte Observer welcomes your comments on news of the day. The more voices engaged in conversation, the better for us all, but do keep it civil. Please refrain from profanity, obscenity, spam, name-calling or attacking others for their views.   Read moreRead less The Charlotte region is vast and diverse. The more voices engaged in conversation, the better for us all. The Charlotte Observer welcomes your comments on news of the day, but we ask that you keep the discourse civil. Do not use profanity or obscenities. And don't try to camouflage profanity with asterisks, abbreviations or other symbols or foreign phrases. Do not use threatening language. Talk of violence won't be tolerated. No racial, gender or sexual-orientation name-calling. Do not attack other commenters for their views. Do not libel or defame anyone or violate their privacy. Keep your comments succinct and stay on topic. Comments that bear no relation to the story may be deleted. Do not add images to your comments. Do not report comments as abusive simply because you disagree with them. Report them only if they violate these guidelines. Do not post spam or advertising of any kind. Do not post a comment using all capital letters. We do not monitor each and every posting, but we reserve the right to block or delete comments that violate these rules. You can help: Notify us of violations by hitting the "Report Abuse" link. Users who continue posting comments that violate these guidelines may, at our discretion, be blocked from submitting future comments as well. And finally, as Mark Twain said: "Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest." Enjoy the discussion. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php Five Filters featured article: Collateral Damage - WikiLeaks In The Crosshairs.

Pets Missing After Mobile Home Fire - msnbc.com Posted: 04 Feb 2011 06:44 AM PST GRIMES, Iowa  — KCCI.com Firefighters battled flames in a house fire in Grimes Thursday night. Several departments were at the scene in the 600 block of Southeast Ewing Street. A mobile home caught fire, officials said, and smoke could still be seen billowing out of the home as of 10 p.m. No one was injured, but several pets are unaccounted for, firefighters said. A cause of the fire has not yet been determined. Most Popular Stories at KCCI This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php Five Filters featured article: Collateral Damage - WikiLeaks In The Crosshairs.

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