Overview
- Crews found four pets during Monday’s blaze at an Emma Street apartment complex, three of them unconscious and not breathing.
- Firefighters and Riverside County Sheriff’s Deputy Maldonado performed rescue breathing, chest compressions and administered oxygen until the cats revived.
- All four animals became responsive at the scene, received water and were set to be transported by Animal Control for further treatment.
- The fire was controlled in about an hour, destroyed nine apartments, displaced 14 residents and resulted in one minor injury with no hospitalization.
- Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire posted the rescue video to Instagram, where it drew hundreds of thousands of likes, and officials say the cause remains under investigation.