About 20 sick, injured or recovering dogs and a few cats found refuge in a Lake City car dealership after a fire forced the evacuation of an emergency and critical care animal facility next door. Chuck Hill, who works at Seattle Mini, a car dealership next door to Animal Critical Care & Emergency Services on Lake City Way, said he came outside and saw smoke coming from the roof of the building. Firefighters, dispatched at 3:30 p.m., arrived to find that a laundry dryer had caught fire in the facility. Smoke from the fire forced the evacuation of about 20 animals, some in a medically fragile state. Hill and his coworkers offered to take in the animals and keep them warm as staff from the facility worked out what to do with the pets in their care. The dealership, which welcomes customers’ dogs, already had a bowl of water and dog snacks. As the last of the dogs left the dealership, some sent to other facilities, Hill swept up dog hair that accumulated on the floor of the business. He said that Tuesday the dealership has a top executive from Mini Cooper stopping by for a visit and that the dealership needed to look good. In the eyes of their thankful neighbors, the dealership couldn't have looked better. Visit Animals evacuated after fire find refuge at Mini Cooper dealership | Seattle 911 — A Police and Crime Blog - seattlepi.com for a small gallery of images.