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 The Duluth Fire Department responded to a report of a house fire at 1316 99th Ave W in the city's Gary neighborhood.  The call was received at 2:03 p.m. on Wednesday, May 21, 2014.  The first fire unit arrived on the scene from the Gary fire station and reported smoke coming from a house and a working fire.  Crews entered the house and extinguished fire on the first floor and 2nd floor of the house.  The fire also burned into a part of the home's roof.  3 cats were found in the basement and retrieved unharmed for the occupants.

A resident was returning home and saw smoke coming from the house.  She heard her dogs barking inside, opened the door to remove the dogs, saw fire coming from the area of a kitchen wall, closed the door and called 911.

The fire began in or adjacent to the home's kitchen and spread in a wall space into the second floor and roof.

Initial damages are estimated at $50,000.00 to the structure and contents.

The Duluth Fire Marshal's office is conducting an investigation of the fire's origin and cause.

There were no injuries.