Four fire departments (Cook, Pike-Sandy-Britt, Kinney-Great Scott, Embarrass) fought a house fire this afternoon in the Lake Leander area, north of Virginia. The fire was reported around 1:15 in the 9700 block of Dickenson Lane. No one was home at the time. Firefighters rescued three dogs from the house. A St. Louis County Deputy Sheriff and a citizen administered CPR to the three dogs, with two of them being revived and recovering. The third dog did not survive. No human injuries were reported. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
