LPD officers responded to assist LFD for a report of a house fire. Officers Payne and Delgado, along with Public Safety Aide Shinn, were first to arrive on scene and immediately rushed inside as the last resident was exiting the house.
The residents advised that multiple animals were still in the house. The officers managed to rescue several dogs and cats, two ferrets, and a chicken prior to our partners at the Lakeland Fire Department arriving and taking over the scene. Thankfully, the firefighters were able to extinguish the fire safely…