{"id":393818,"date":"2025-09-03T05:59:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T05:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/393818\/"},"modified":"2025-09-03T05:59:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T05:59:11","slug":"wedding-dress-saved-cat-dies-in-fire-that-destroys-couples-birmingham-home-days-before-their-big-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/393818\/","title":{"rendered":"Wedding dress saved, cat dies in fire that destroys couple\u2019s Birmingham home days before their big day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><strong>BIRMINGHAM, Mich.<\/strong> \u2013 A devastating fire early Labor Day morning destroyed a couple\u2019s home in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clickondetroit.com\/topic\/Birmingham\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Birmingham<\/b><\/a> just days before their wedding.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Firefighters were able to save the bride\u2019s wedding dress, veil, and rings, which were still in their boxes, as well as the groom\u2019s suit, although it was heavily damaged and had to be recovered.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The fire broke out around 9 a.m. on Monday (Sept. 1) in a Putney Street end unit apartment. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">No one was home at the time, and neighbor George Elson noticed the smoke, which he said rose more than 20 feet into the air.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cI stepped outside like I do most days to see what the temperature is, and I saw this puff of smoke over there, which were probably 20-feet high at that point. More than a barbecue,\u201d Elson said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The bride-to-be rushed home in tears, worried about her cat and other belongings inside. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Unfortunately, the beloved cat did not survive the fire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Fire Marshal Jeff Scaife said firefighters focused on salvaging any belongings they could, especially since the upcoming wedding was a priority. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Items such as passports and other valuables were recovered.<\/p>\n<p>A devastating fire early Labor Day morning destroyed a couple\u2019s home in Birmingham just days before their wedding. (Copyright 2025 by WDIV ClickOnDetroit &#8211; All rights reserved.)A devastating fire early Labor Day morning destroyed a couple\u2019s home in Birmingham just days before their wedding. (Copyright 2025 by WDIV ClickOnDetroit &#8211; All rights reserved.)A devastating fire early Labor Day morning destroyed a couple\u2019s home in Birmingham just days before their wedding. (Copyright 2025 by WDIV ClickOnDetroit &#8211; All rights reserved.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Investigators are still investigating the cause, but early indications suggest that the fire may have been electrical in nature.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Losing a home to fire is devastating under any circumstances, but the timing made this tragedy especially heartbreaking for the couple preparing to start their life together.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2025 by WDIV ClickOnDetroit &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BIRMINGHAM, Mich. \u2013 A devastating fire early Labor Day morning destroyed a couple\u2019s home in Birmingham just days&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":393819,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,393,4884,52237,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-393818","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-oakland-county","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115138839514571832","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=393818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393818\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/393819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=393818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=393818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=393818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}