Cat Dies in Smoky Fire on Jennings Road

A cat died Tuesday in a small but smoky fire on Jennings Road in Fairfield that the occupant discovered about 11:56 a.m., firefighters said.

Assistant Fire Chief Christopher Tracy said another cat escaped from the fire, which was confined to a table in the kitchen but which caused smoke and soot damage throughout the first floor of the two-family house.

Firefighters, arriving on scene in three minutes, quickly extinguished the blaze. The cause of the fire is under investigation by the Fairfield Fire Marshal's Office, Tracy said.

Tracy said materials on top of a kitchen table had caught on fire. The cat died of smoke inhalation, Tracy said.

The 449 Jennings Road house is owned by Anna Gurrieri and was most recently assessed at $287,840. It sits on a quarter-acre and was built in 1916, according to tax records.

Police and Animal Control officers also responded to the blaze.