At about 1:10 pm, SPPD officers were dispatched to a residential house fire in the 1000 block of Garfield Av. Upon their arrival, Corporal Craig Phillips and Officer Brian Wiley found the house to be partially engulfed in flames. After an attempt to verbally locate any occupants and after receiving no response, both officers forced entry into the house.
During a search of the residence, no residents were found; however, a small 17 month-old Maltese was found cowering in the corner of a downstairs room. "Kolby" was rescued from the house uninjured and later reunited with his owner.
The cause of the fire is currently under investigation by the South Pasadena Fire Department assisted by SPPD detectives.
