Around 3 p.m., the Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service (WFPS) responded to a fire in a home on Townsend Avenue. WFPS said the cause of the blaze is under investigation.
No one was injured in the fire, which was declared under control in about an hour's time. The rescued cat was put in the care of the Winnipeg Animal Services Agency.
Just after noon on Friday, a Canada Post employee working in the area called 9-1-1 to report the blaze at a single-family home in the 500 block of Jubilee ave.