2 cats die in Plainfield fire that causes $75,000 in damage to residence

Two cats died in a fire that caused about $75,000 in damage to a Plainfield residence.

About 5:25 p.m. Tuesday, firefighters with the Plainfield Fire Protection District responded in less than two minutes to a 911 call of a kitchen fire at a residence on Rivercrest Drive, Deputy Fire Chief Mark Reynolds said.

Firefighters arrived at the one-story, single-family home and quickly extinguished the fire in the kitchen, Reynolds said.

A resident in her 20s was able to escape with a dog before firefighters arrived, Reynolds said. The resident was taken to a hospital for evaluation.

But after firefighters ventilated the residence and searched it, they found two cats that “perished as a result of the fire,” Reynolds said.

The residence was deemed uninhabitable.

Investigators with the fire protection district determined that the cause of the fire was accidental, Reynolds said.