Just days before Christmas, an apartment fire in east Hamilton has left a family homeless.
Firefighters were called to the apartment on King Street East, near Ottawa Street South, just after 3 p.m. Friday.
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The fire was extinguished about 90 minutes later.
No one was hurt, but a cat died in the blaze.
The Canadian Red Cross has been called in to help the family.
The cause is suspected to be electrical.