Cat survives jumping from 3rd floor window after lightning strike sets building on fire in Florida

21 Aprile 2014

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    Cat survives jumping from 3rd floor window after lightning strike sets building on fire in Florida




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    Charlie Jasper leapt to safety just seconds before the Celebration, Fla., housing complex collapsed. Firefighters said the 1-year-old cat was purring as they gave him an oxygen mask.




    That's one of his nine lives gone!
    Incredible footage shows the moment a terrified cat leapt from the third floor of a burning building - seconds before it caved in.

    Charlie Jasper was caught on camera jumping into the void after the apartment complex in Celebration, Fla., burst into flames Tuesday afternoon following a lightning strike.

    Cellphone video sees the 1-year-old mog struggling to balance on a window sill, then trying to run down the wall before deciding the only way out was with a jump.
    Miraculously, he survived.


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    "It jumped out of the third floor window, landed on the cement and ran away. It didn't bounce or anything," neighbor Jim Cooke, who filmed the incident, told WFTV.

    The petrified puss was found minutes later and given an oxygen mask by firefighters, who said he was purring when picked up.

    "The cat just had burned paws, some scratches so far that I know he's OK," owner Josue Alicea told Click Orlando.

    Fire officials said the blaze was caused by a lightning bolt that struck the attic of the 24-unit Evander Square Apartments complex on Latte Drive at around 3pm Tuesday.

    Gusts of 50mph spread the flames, which quickly engulfed the entire wooden building.
    All the tenants escaped the blaze, which Osceola County firefighters took two hours to extinguish.

    "Everything internal has collapsed to the bottom floor. I don't see a whole lot of salvageable things here," Deputy Fire Chief Danny McAvoy told WESH-TV.
    The American Red Cross is helping the 24 families displaced by the fire.


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    Cat Jumps From Third Floor and SURVIVES! During Fire in Florida


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    Source: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/w...ticle-1.1760822
     
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