Updated: Pets saved from burning veterinary surgery (From Southend Standard)
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Updated: Pets saved from burning veterinary surgery
6:10pm Monday 7th January 2013 in News By David Trayner
Firefighter Ben Manning, sub officer Karl Smith and firefighter Wayne Davey, of White Watch, Leigh, with a dog rescued from Medivet in Eastwood (Picture from Essex Fire and Rescue Service)
FAST-ACTING staff rescued terrified pets from a burning veterinary surgery this afternoon.
Vets and nurses gathered four cats and three dogs into boxes and evacuated them after a suspected electrical fault sparked a fire at Medivet in Eastwood at about 1.40pm.
Lisa Pethurst, fire safety officer for the vets in Eastwoodbury Lane, said: “It was a good team effort. We got all the animals out and all the staff out.
“As soon as we saw there was smoke we dialled 999 and evacuated.”
The fire melted one room, destroying thousands of pounds of equipment and almost causing an explosion as flames neared the building’s gas boiler.
The 24-hour surgery’s 16 staff wrapped the evacuated animals, which included a cat being treated for a fever and a dog which had a foreign body inside it, in blankets and comforted them in the car park as firefighters in breathing masks tackled the blaze.
Station Officer Al Green, of Southend Fire Station, said: "Fire crews from Southend and Leigh were called to a fire in the vets this afternoon.
“The fire had broken out in the kitchen on the first floor of the building. Crews wearing breathing apparatus entered the building to extinguish the fire.”
For the full story see Tuesday's Echo.
Comments(16)
sosad 1
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3:15pm Mon 7 Jan 13
Natter
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3:59pm Mon 7 Jan 13
toyahmax
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4:15pm Mon 7 Jan 13
benfleetgeeza
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5:23pm Mon 7 Jan 13
benfleetgeeza
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5:23pm Mon 7 Jan 13
another council tax payer
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6:46pm Mon 7 Jan 13
lucy10 wrote:you are very funny and i wish i could be like you NOT
ANY HOT DOGS
Max Impact
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7:10pm Mon 7 Jan 13
lucy10 wrote:I take it by your name you are 10 years old, but that makes no diffrence to me you are still a stupid moron.
ANY HOT DOGS
Would you make jokes if it was somebodys house, what if it was yours would it be alroght for us to joke about it?
Think its your bed time I hope the bed bugs bite.
Natter
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7:20pm Mon 7 Jan 13
toyahmax wrote:Well yes of course :) goes without saying
And the staff
x2k
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10:43pm Mon 7 Jan 13
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This is a brilliant surgery and, although we use the Thorpe Bay branch, the Eastwood branch provides a vital out of hours service.
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The staff here are wonderful and have helped us out on a few desperate occasions.
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Hope they can continue at one of the other branches while the Eastwood branch gets patched up!
Carnabackable
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11:48pm Mon 7 Jan 13
lucy10 wrote:Morons like you, are the first to complain about the fire service...
ANY HOT DOGS
Max Impact
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8:13am Tue 8 Jan 13
Carnabackable wrote:I don't think this pathetic thing will respond or if it dose it will just be a winge and that we should "get a life" makes you wonder what they would say if god forbid animals had died.
lucy10 wrote:Morons like you, are the first to complain about the fire service...
ANY HOT DOGS
mikepaterson
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10:01am Tue 8 Jan 13
Max Impact
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3:08pm Tue 8 Jan 13
mikepaterson wrote:Yes true nobody or animals were hurt but do you seriously think a fire is a laughing matter?
Wow there are some miserable people here. Nobody got hurt, No animals were hurt, and yet you berate somebody for a bit of fun. Grow up the lot of you!
ricardo62
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4:51pm Tue 8 Jan 13
mikepaterson wrote:your a tool !!!!
Wow there are some miserable people here. Nobody got hurt, No animals were hurt, and yet you berate somebody for a bit of fun. Grow up the lot of you!
another council tax payer
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8:21pm Tue 8 Jan 13
mikepaterson wrote:you`re so grown up
Wow there are some miserable people here. Nobody got hurt, No animals were hurt, and yet you berate somebody for a bit of fun. Grow up the lot of you!
lucy10 says...
3:00pm Mon 7 Jan 13