JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A dog with injuries was rescued and a man was arrested in connection to a house fire in Riverside on Sunday.
Tracy Russell, who lives nearby, said at around 7 a.m., she walked by to feed the stray cats that live under the house that caught on fire.
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Russell said that’s when she found the dog sitting against a barbed wire fence behind the house.
“If I wasn’t going to feed the stray cats behind the house, I honestly would have never known that she was there in the first place,” Russell said.
Jacksonville Fire and Rescue responded to the fire early Sunday morning and a nearby resident caught the large fire on camera.
The dog had visible burns on the side of its mouth and soot and plastic burns on its body.
Russell was with two other women tending to the dog and it was taken to animal control to be cared for.
A man was arrested in connection to the house fire.
This is under investigation by the State Fire Marshall.
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