A man who lost everything in Monday’s fire at a joint apartment and restaurant building in Milford shared how he escaped the flames, and was able to save his two pet cats.

James “Sully” Sullivan said he was working a shift downstairs from his apartment at the Turtle Tavern on the building’s first floor when all of a sudden smoke filled the room.

He said he ran upstairs to his home and managed to save his kitten Romeo, but the heavy smoke forced him to leave his other cat Lavinia behind.

“It happened so fast, and it took everything. My cat was in there the whole time, smoky fire,” said Sullivan.

In just 15 minutes, Sullivan watched his home and place of work burn through.

Sullivan said his wife Michelle begged firefighters to go back inside for their beloved tabby cat who remained insi

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