Cats rescued by Takoma Park firefighters

WASHINGTON — Firefighters rescued two cats trapped during a Takoma Park, Maryland, apartment fire over the weekend.

Capt. David Barcenas and Kyle Holder, a tillerman, brought the cats to safety.

The cats did require about 10 minutes of oxygen after Takoma Park firefighters from Station 2 brought them to safety. The cats and their owner were quickly reunited.

No people were hurt in the blaze on Hudson Avenue, according to Montgomery County’s Fire & Rescue news blog.

Colleen Kelleher

Colleen Kelleher is an award-winning journalist who has been with WTOP since 1996. Kelleher joined WTOP as the afternoon radio writer and night and weekend editor and made the move to WTOP.com in 2001. Now she works early mornings as the site's Senior Digital Editor.

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