MANKATO — Fire heavily damaged a home Sunday at 120 Wickfield Drive, on the south edge of Mankato.
At 1:08 p.m. the Department of Public Safety was called to a fire and upon arrival found the garage and the front of the house fully engulfed. The fire on the exterior was quickly knocked down, allowing firefighters to enter the house to extinguish the fire from the inside.
No one was home at the time of the fire but firefighters found and rescued eight cats. The animals were taken to a vet for evaluation.
Damages are estimated at $450,000 and the cause of the fire is under investigation.