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A satellite image of 1567 Gordon St., where Janet Linne Black was found severely injured in an apartment fire Nov. 30. Courtesy of Google Maps.

A woman who was found severely injured after a fire damaged her apartment and killed several of her cats on Nov. 30 has died.

Janet Linne Black, 65, was found under debris and taken to the hospital, while at least one cat was treated with oxygen. The blaze began in a kitchen of 1567 Gordon St., Battalion Chief Doug Fournier told the Daily Post, who responded to a call at 6:20 p.m. Black died on Dec. 5.

Firefighters on the scene found that the apartment had limited access for entering or leaving. Redwood City received assistance from the Menlo Park Fire Protection District, the Woodside Fire District and the Peninsula Humane Society during the incident.

Nextdoor contributors posted that Black “loved her cats so much.”

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