INDIANAPOLIS It was the worst possible outcome in a late-night fire.
The Indianapolis Fire Department got a call around 9 Monday night about an alarm going off at Uncle Bill’s Pet Center on West 38th Street. Firefighters arrived to find smoke coming from the back of the building’s roof.
After nearly an hour, a combination of IFD, the Speedway Fire Department, and the Pike Township Fire Department finally put out the fire.
IFD says around 100 dogs, birds, rabbits, and other animals died due to smoke inhalation. Some reptiles, fish, a guinea pig, and an office cat survived the fire, according to investigators.
Jan 28, 2021 / 11:15 PM EST
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) Indianapolis police were investigating a fatal crash Thursday night on the city’s northwest side.
Pike Township Fire Department was called to a report of a pedestrian struck about 6:40 p.m. Thursday at West 56th Street and Georgetown Road as Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department were called to a report of a disabled vehicle at the same time at West 52nd Street and Georgetown Road. That stretch of road is just northeast of the I-65 interchange at Lafayette Road.
A News 8 crew found the fatality had happened on West 56th Street between Brookmeadow Boulevard and Georgetown Road.