Dear Editor:
We would like to thank the Puslinch, Guelph and Halton Hills fire departments and particularly Jim Petrik and the Guelph-Eramosa fire department for their timely response to a house fire on Wellington Road 29 on Aug. 21.
As hard as it was to watch our house burning we could not help but be impressed by the many volunteer fire fighters and the precision with which they tackled the fire. Because of their efforts many of our contents and much of the house remained intact.
We are very appreciative of the efforts of to locate our cat Dusty. We cannot express enough how grateful we were when she escaped the house almost four hours after the fire started virtually unscathed!
We would like to thank John ? who we understand made the first call to 911. We will be forever grateful and do hope you will stop by our house one day as it is being rebuilt so we can thank you in person.
We also want to thank our neighbours Ed and Heather and Gary and Judy for their help the first few days while our contents were removed from our house and we dealt with the various insurance issues.
Lastly, we would like to thank our family and friends for their ongoing support. You continue to make our life much more bearable!
Karen and Grant Smillie,
Guelph-Eramosa