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July 15, 2008

Cat Saves Man from Fire!

A man owes his life to a pet cat that woke him this morning to alert him to a blaze that was engulfing his Mt Lawley home.

The man, believed to be in his 50s, was taken to hospital after escaping the blaze that caused $200,000 damage to the house on Third Avenue.

Two dogs who were also in the house required resuscitation at the scene.

The cat escaped the fire unscathed and fled the scene as fire-fighters broke down the door of the home to help save the man.

A spokesman for FESA said it appeared the cat had run across the sleeping man and scratched him to wake him up.

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Posted by sue at July 15, 2008 10:48 AM

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