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The Straight Story

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Wed Feb 26, 2014, 01:22 AM Feb 2014

Hero cat 'Meatball' saves residents from blaze [View all]

Hero cat 'Meatball' saves residents from blaze



A terrified French woman and her neighbours were grateful to be alive after her cat - and not the smoke alarm - woke the lady in the middle of the night to alert her to a blaze burning in the attic of their block. But in the aftermath the hero kitty could not be found.

When a blaze broke out in the attic of a farmhouse that had been converted into several apartments in a tiny village in south-eastern France the consequences could have been tragic for the occupants.

But thankfully a cat’s keen senses saved the day as well as the lives of seven adults and three children who lived in the farmhouse.

Alexandra Marlin was awoken from a deep sleep in the early hours of Sunday morning in La Bégude-de-Mazenc by the sound of her cat “Meatball” (boulette) scratching on the floor of the attic. The woman, half asleep, rolled from bed and went to see what the kitty was up to.

http://www.thelocal.fr/20140225/hero-cat-saves-french-owner-from-house-fire

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Hero cat 'Meatball' saves residents from blaze [View all] The Straight Story Feb 2014 OP
The cat was OK after all - she turned up later that day. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2014 #1
Very good to hear... awoke_in_2003 Feb 2014 #3
Healing energy? or just comfort and warmth from the person who feeds it? longship Feb 2014 #5
Warmth goes both ways... awoke_in_2003 Feb 2014 #6
What is "healing energy"? nt longship Feb 2014 #7
Look at this OldEurope Feb 2014 #9
I thought the same thing The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2014 #13
Purring has healing energy Sanity Claws Feb 2014 #10
I agree Sweet Freedom Feb 2014 #12
yeah for kitties!!! KT2000 Feb 2014 #2
Kitties are always good. nt awoke_in_2003 Feb 2014 #4
, blkmusclmachine Feb 2014 #8
wasn't that pic used in sunday lol cats? n/t 2pooped2pop Feb 2014 #11
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