Family Recovers Pets After Fire

Update, March 9: Both cats are safe and sound. The last pet, O'Malley, returned to his family Thursday night. 

Original story, March 2:

A Centreville family is still searching for two beloved pets, lost in the aftermath of . 

O'Malley, an orange male tabby cat, went missing in the yard or the house on Hunt Chase Ct. the night of the fire. Later, Willow, a shy black female cat, got loose from a neighboring home near Pleasant Valley Road in Centreville. Neither pet is wearing a collar or have microchips. O'Malley is neutered and Willow is spayed. 

Willow is skittish around strangers and may not let a stranger grab him. O'Malley is more personable, said the cats' owner, Amy Ragoschke.

The family has posted fliers throughout the neighborhood. So far, there have been some leads, but nothing has panned out. "All we ask is that people give us a place to look for them," Ragoschke wrote in an email. 

Anyone who may have seen Willow and O'Malley can contact:

• Amy, 414-426-0524
• Mike, 703-930-4509
• Cherrydale vet clinic, 703-528-9001

Correction: an earlier version of this article incorrectly stated where Willow escaped from.