Firefighters corral 11 cats after Half Moon Bay blaze

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (KRON) -- The work was only getting started after firefighters in Half Moon Bay extinguished a residential fire Monday morning. Eleven cats belonging to the homeowners were unaccounted for, and the search was on to wrangle each and every one.

Multiple Cal Fire Coastside engines responded at 4:30 a.m. to the house fire on Highland Avenue. The blaze was quickly extinguished, "but the real adventure began after the smoke cleared,” fire officials said.

Crews worked to locate all 11 missing cats, which “took some serious searching,” according to Cal Fire. “Thanks to their amazing efforts, all eleven were found and safely reunited.”