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Feline Heroes
Australian Cat
Saves Family of Four
December 29th 2006
The
cat's prompt actions meant the family of four escaped before the blaze
took hold of the home, in
Cairns,
north Queensland. "The cat was probably the best smoke alarm system," fire
service spokesman Robert White-MacFarlane said. The
fire started after a mattress caught fire, possible from a cigarette, he
added.
But
before the blaze engulfed the home, the cat sprang into action. He said
the home suffered only minor damage as a result.
"The
occupant was woken by the household cat which was scratching his face,
alerting (him) to the ensuing dangers," Mr White-MacFarlane told the
Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The
owner was then able to wake the rest of the family, who fled the house and
alerted the fire service.
"There
were alarms throughout the house, but the smoke saturation hadn't reached
a point where they'd activated the alarms in the adjacent room," Mr White-MacFarlane
added.
Source:
BBC News
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