Firemen Revive Cats With Baby Oxygen Masks

High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England

Seven cats were trapped in a burning house in High Wycombe, Bucks and were found lying unconcious in the smoke filled building.  Luckily for them help was at hand in the form of some quick thinking firemen.  They used oxygen masks designed for babies to revive the cats.  Six of the cats survived, unfortunately a seventh cat, who was sheltering in the bathroom above the kitchen, where the fire started, was overcome by smoke and later died.

A spokesman for Buckinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service said crews battled their way into the burning room to recover the animals.

“We were told about the cats and ran around the house in the thick smoke trying to locate them all”, he added.  “We took them outside and fitted them with baby oxygen masks.  A few of them were unconcious or a little woozy but they soom came around.”

The cause of the fire was thought to be an overheated multi plug adapter.

A Firemen fits a mask to one of the rescued cats

 Picture from the Daily Mail, London