A cat was killed Tuesday evening in a house fire in Atwater Village, but the woman living in the home was able to escape the flames.
Firefighters were called to the 3200 block of Larga Avenue, near Silver Lake Boulevard, about 8:50 p.m., and battled through packrat conditions to extinguish the flames, according to Brian Humphrey of the Los Angeles Fire Department.
A knockdown was called at 9:07 p.m., Humphrey said.
The woman who lives in the home was able to get out, but her cat was “discovered by firefighters to be lifeless in a smoke charged portion of the residence and beyond veterinary assistance,” Humphrey said.
The home did not have optional fire sprinklers or a working smoke alarm as required by law, he said.
The fire, which began in or near a water heater enclosure near the kitchen, is considered accidental.