Dog dies in Little Rock house fire, officials say

December 31, 2016 at 2:48 p.m. | Updated January 1, 2017 at 5:45 a.m.

by Stephen B. Thornton

12/31/16 Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/STEPHEN B. THORNTON A Little Rock firefighter walks away from the rear of a home which caught fire along Joyce Court Saturday afternoon in Little Rock. Noone was home at the time but a dog perished in the fire, according to firefighters at the scene.
12/31/16 Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/STEPHEN B. THORNTON A Little Rock firefighter walks away from the rear of a home which caught fire along Joyce Court Saturday afternoon in Little Rock. Noone was home at the time but a dog perished in the fire, according to firefighters at the scene.

A dog was killed and a house in Little Rock was damaged in a fire Saturday afternoon.

Crews were called about 2 p.m. to 1820 Joyce Court, which is in a neighborhood southwest of University Avenue and Boyle Park Road.

A photo from the scene showed thick smoke coming from the rear of the single-story brick home.

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No people were injured in the fire, though one dog was reported to have died, firefighters on scene said.

The cause of the blaze remains under investigation.

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1820 Joyce Court

1820 Joyce Court

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Photo by Stephen B. Thornton

Crews work to extinguish a fire at a home on Joyce Court Saturday in Little Rock.

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