Ken Lacasse heard the thunder of an explosion about 100 feet from his house on Cape Cod, and without thinking, he ran toward the flames.
He knew dogs and cats were likely trapped inside Cape Cod Animal Hospital, which burst into flames at about 8 Monday night.
"Things kept blowing up," said Lacasse, 51, who lives next door to the animal hospital in West Barnstable. "We didn't have a lot of time. We had to move quick."
Lacasse found Scott Munson, the hospital's head veterinarian, at the front door. He said Munson tried to enter through the front but came back because it was too dangerous.
He said that they decided to go around back and that he and the doctor broke in by pulling off several pickets of the fence and using a cinder block to break down the backdoor.
When they got inside, the smoke was thick. Read More at the Boston Globe
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