COCOA, Fla. — Firefighters used a special tool Tuesday to save two family pets from a house fire in Cocoa.
The Cocoa Fire Department said a duplex on Highland Street near Forrest Avenue caught fire overnight.
Crews rescued two cats and immediately started giving them oxygen.
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The oxygen pet masks were donated to the department in 2019.
Officials told Channel 9 that both cats will survive.
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No one else was hurt in the fire.
After being treated, the cats were reunited with their owner at the scene.
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Investigators said the fire may have started in a dryer.
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