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<p><strong>From staff reports</strong></p>
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<p>Just past 10 p.m., Friday, Aug. 20, Burton and MCAS firefighters, along with Beaufort County EMS, responded to a reported house fire on Milledge Village Road in Burton.</p>
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<p>Two adults were transported to the hospital, and a kitten was rescued and revived by Burton firefighters.</p>
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<p>Fire crews arrived on scene and discovered smoke and flames coming from a single wide mobile home.</p>
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<p>Beaufort County Sheriff’s deputies, who were first to arrive, had assisted a male occupant’s escape from a window.</p>
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<p>Firefighters quickly brought the fire under control, and during a search of the residence, fire crews located and removed a kitten. The kitten was breathing, but unconscious and not responding.</p>
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<p>Burton firefighters applied oxygen to the feline who, after several minutes, was able to regain consciousness and begin to move. The kitten was transported by Beaufort County Animal Control to a local veterinarian.</p>
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<p>Two adults were treated and transported to Beaufort Memorial Hospital by Beaufort County EMS.</p>
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<p>The cause of the fire is under investigation by the Beaufort County Sherrif’s Office and Burton fire investigators.</p>
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