Fire leaves local couple without home, puppy dies

CLEVELAND (WJW) — Cleveland firefighters battled a large house fire Friday around 7 a.m. that left two people uninjured but without their home, according to Lt. Mike Norman.

Norman said a puppy died in the fire on Nottingham Road, “at a two and a half story up and down double house.”

The fire started on the first floor and that the cause of the fire was electrical., according to Norman.

Norman said the Red Cross is assisting the two adults.

He said the house was heavily damaged and that the damage estimate is over $100,000.