Fire Damages Lingan Rd. Home

The Scotchtown Fire Department says a home on Lingan Road was extensively damaged in a fire this afternoon.

The Department responded to the blaze near the Union Highway Intersection, along with the Departments in New Waterford and New Victoria.

Fire officials say the people in the home escaped without injury, but three cats died in the fire.

The fire is not considered suspicious.

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