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PLAINVILLE

Two of the three 6-week-old kittens burned in a brush fire May 20 are now ready to go to homes.

The third kitten, a black one, is still on the mend, but will likely be ready for adoption soon, said Angela Frankudakis, feline coordinator of Angelcat Haven, who has been fostering and nursing the kittens back to health.

She said there was great response to the Plainville-based nonprofit rescue agency's requests for donations to help pay for medicine and special items the female kittens needed to recuperate from second- and third-degree burns on their noses, foreheads, ears and paw pads.

Frankudakis estimated $800 to $900 was donated, enough to pay for the kittens' care and help out some of the many other kittens and cats now in foster homes throughout the area. The kittens' needs included medicine and ointments, baby food, paper towels and special litter that would not irritate their pads.

One of the two tiger kittens will likely go to a woman from Saugus who was adopting another kitten at the time she saw the trio.

The other tiger kitten is spoken for by a woman whose husband is a firefighter.

The black kitten, who is still healing from a burn on its head, is likely headed for another home based on applications already received, Frankudakis said.

The kittens were the only litter survivors of the fire. The mother cat and three other kittens died in an Attleboro brush fire last month.

A couple found the kittens and brought them to Frankudakis.

Frankudakis said most of the surviving kittens' hair has since grown back, and while their whiskers are shorter, "they're growing in."

The kittens have been seen by a veterinarian several times and do not appear to have suffered any secondary effects, such as lung damage from smoke, she said.

"They're running around and playing," she said.

And, even though the black kitten is still healing, "you'd never know it," based on her personality and playfulness, Frankudakis said. For information on how to adopt any of the many other kittens and cats available through Angelcat, go to www.angelcathaven.com.