BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Tragedy struck in Bakersfield’s historic Alta Vista neighborhood where seven pets were killed in a house fire likely started by an unknown neighbor’s illegal fireworks.
The displaced family shared their grief, anger and gratitude.
Marni Rader and Michael Mink were awakened by three ear-piercing smoke alarms at midnight as the Fourth of July ticked into the 5th. Had someone left the oven on? No.
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“I jumped out of bed and I saw flames coming through the window,” Rader said. “And it was a car on fire. And I thought, how did the car get on fire? And I ran out, grabbed the hose, started trying to put it out, which was just ridiculous.”…