Local fire and emergency services joined together in the early-morning hours of Friday, Nov. 21 to combat a devastating house fire and rescue beloved pets from a home on Price Drive in Little Egg Harbor.

Parkertown Volunteer Fire Co. Chief Frank Runza said they were dispatched to the residence around 1:55 a.m., and there were originally reports of entrapment. When they arrived, all three residents had safely gotten out of the home, he said.