TOMAH, Wis. (WFRV) – Twenty-five firefighters battled a house fire for nearly two and a half hours Tuesday afternoon.
According to the Tomah Fire Department, crews responded around 2 p.m. to a home in the 1200 block of Stoughton Avenue after reports of a porch fire. While en route, authorities were informed the porch was fully engulfed in flames.
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Firefighters arrived to find heavy fire spreading from the street side into the two-story home.
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Crews quickly knocked down the main fire while protecting nearby structures, but suppression efforts took several hours.
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All occupants escaped without injury. A dog was rescued and taken to a veterinary facility for evaluation, but a cat inside the home did not survive.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
