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Goat Starts House Fire, Cat Saves Family

Posted by samzenpus on from the cow-jumped-over-the-moon dept.

Firefighters say a cat is the hero and a goat is to blame for a house fire that destroyed an Iowa home. The fire was believed to have been started by a goat that knocked over a space heater in an attached shed and it might have been fatal if the cat hadn't awakened the sleeping family. "My cat woke me up and I saw smoke coming out of my fan," John Hadley told KCCI-TV, Des Moines. "I made sure I got her (Hadley's mother) out and then I know she loves her animals, so I rounded all her animals up, and by that point, flames and smoke were everywhere." I'd think twice about not giving the goat what it wants in the future if I were the Hadley family.

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  1. Help by He+who+knows · · Score: 1

    I own 50 goats. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

  2. Cats by conureman · · Score: 3, Funny

    I've seen this before, "My HERO CAT saved me!". No, the cat would've fled safely but you had the door locked.

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    The cost of that cleanup, of course, will be borne by taxpayers, not industry.
    1. Re:Cats by boef · · Score: 1

      As long as there is a scapegoat no one will suspect the hero...

  3. Interesting by BB128 · · Score: 1

    Now I know what Charlie Brown's talking about when he reflects on being "the hero" or "the goat".

  4. Excuse my French by WaroDaBeast · · Score: 1

    KCCI-TV is run by monks?

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    "The body may heal, but the mind is not always so resilient." -- Deus Ex: Human Revolution