Ava Edmondson of Rosebush holds a wet, bedraggled, sooty, 8-week-old ragdoll kitten rescued from a fire at her home on South Street. No one was home when the fire started, and flames were visible in the living room when Edmondson arrived back from shopping.

Isabella Northeast firefighter Rick Ervin, center, emerges carrying a kitten from the burning house.

An Isabella Northeast firefighter stands by as his tanker unloads hundreds of gallons of water into a portable water tank to fight the fire.

A firefighter equipped with breathing gear prepares to enter the smoke-filled home. No one was hurt.