Fire damages house, kills pet cat

Fire officials are working to determine what caused a house to start on fire near North Fond du Lac last night.

Just after 9:30, the Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office Communications Center received a 911 call from a person at N7402 Lakeshore Drive reporting black smoke filling the residence.

While on the phone with dispatch, the caller advised that flames were also visible inside the house from the outside.

Multiple fire departments as well as Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Deputies were sent to the fire with deputies arriving first. Upon arrival they confirmed that black smoke was coming from the house.

Shortly after, the Van Dyne Fire department arrived and extinguished the fire before it was able to spread further through the house, or second story.

Initial investigation shows the fire started on the first floor of the residence near an end table. The house sustained moderate fire damage to the first floor, with smoke and soot damage throughout the house. The lone occupant was able to make it out safely, though a pet cat perished in the fire.