COLUMBUS, Ind. — Arnholt & Staggs Law Office at 422 Fifth St. has shared on social media that they will likely seek new office space in the aftermath of a devastating fire on Fifth Street late Saturday night.
Tim Staggs wrote on his personal page that it was unclear, as of Sunday evening, how severely their office were damaged. He added that the business is concerned about its office cat, “Prila/Ginsburg.”
“Many of you have asked about her today and I, sadly, cannot say whether she might have escaped or somehow survived,” he wrote. “She is not the cat mentioned in the article – that was a cat in another office and we are so grateful that one made it out alive. Debbie (Spurgeon) has scouted the neighborhood a couple of times today searching for Prila, shaking a bottle of her favorite treats and letting people know that she may, if we are very lucky, be hiding in a nearby bush somewhere. So far, no luck in spotting our long-haired calico mascot, but we continue to hope she beat the odds.”
On Monday, Spurgeon was waiting for a Columbus firefighter at the building to make a check of the law office, carrying a box of Prila’s favorite treats and hoping the 14-year-old cat had survived.
Firefighters said they did not find the cat inside the building, and anyone who sees the cat or perhaps knows its location is asked to contact the fire department or the law office so it can be returned.
For more on how businesses in the Fifth Street commercial building are coping with the loss of their office space, see Tuesday’s Republic.
