By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
Three cats died in a Winlock-area house fire overnight.
Firefighters were called about 1:30 a.m. to the 200 block of Antrim Road, after the residents returned home to find their couch burning, according to Lewis County Fire District 15.
Firefighter Patrick Jacobson said the man poured water on the couch and the couple took their cats outside, but they didn’t survive.
The interior of the double-wide mobile home was heavily damaged by heat and smoke, Jacobson said.
Fire Investigator Ted McCarty said he was looking at two possible places where the fire might have started: a heating-massage pad next to the couch and a small plastic garbage can into which an ashtray was emptied.
The Red Cross was called to assist the couple with a place to stay, Jacobson said.
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