BABYLON, NY — North Babylon firefighters rescued a cat while battling a house fire that displaced a family on Wicks Avenue on Sunday, Suffolk police told Patch.
North Babylon Fire Department responded to a house fire reported around 1:20 p.m. on Wicks Avenue, fire department officials told Patch.
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First units arrived under the command of Chief Mike Elco and confirmed there was an active fire in the attic of the structure, officials said. .
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Crews quickly extinguished the fire and the “scene was place under control at 1:53 p.m.,” officials said.
Firefighters rescued a cat from the home and brought it to safety. One firefighter was treated on scene for a hand injury, officials said.
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While flames ravaged the interior of the house and left it “completely gutted” and uninhabitable for the family, the exterior of the home was not destroyed by the flames.
Police told patch that the Suffolk County police arson squad investigating the cause of the fire.
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