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House Fire Blamed On Two Cats Atop Stove
WRTV6 ^ | May 20, 2004

Posted on 05/21/2004 6:29:32 AM PDT by Samwise

LIBERAL, Kan. -- Two cats left alone in a southwest Kansas home are blamed for starting a fire this week that damaged the kitchen, and spread smoke through the rest of the house.

Liberal Fire Department investigators said the cats apparently jumped up on the stove and ignited a burner by stepping on a push button. Material on the stove caught fire and the flames spread to other areas of the kitchen.

Officials said the cat owner was out of town, and the fire apparently burned unnoticed for some time.

The cats survived, but are being treated at a Liberal animal hospital.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: cats; fire; oops
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1 posted on 05/21/2004 6:29:35 AM PDT by Samwise
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To: Samwise

There's a joke in there somewhere.


2 posted on 05/21/2004 6:30:04 AM PDT by Samwise (The new media motto: All the news that fits our agenda.)
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To: Samwise

Too close to reality to joke about. My male cat, Edgar, learned how to turn on the space heater in my bedroom a couple of years ago.

Helena, my eldest female cat, will sometimes start the washing machine by walking on the buttons.

If they learn how to turn on the gas stove, I'm doomed.


3 posted on 05/21/2004 6:34:57 AM PDT by Ronin (We are in a war. The enemy is Islam. It's time we stopped pretending otherwise.)
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To: Samwise; connectthedots; dighton; aculeus; general_re
the cats apparently jumped up on the stove and ignited a burner by stepping on a push button.

Far Side alert.

4 posted on 05/21/2004 6:35:58 AM PDT by Thinkin' Gal
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I will never forget the first time Irs (pronounced Iris, but spelled Irs because we found her on April 15) walked across the piano keys after I forgot to close the lid. Neither will my entire family, who suffered a collective coronary at three that morning.

Lord have mercy, a nine-pound cat can make a helluva noise on a piano.
5 posted on 05/21/2004 6:36:30 AM PDT by Xenalyte (I may not agree with your bumper sticker, but I shall defend to the death your right to stick it)
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6 posted on 05/21/2004 6:38:05 AM PDT by Thinkin' Gal
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To: Samwise

Hubby came home one day to a house full of gas fumes...my cat had jumped up on the stove and in the process, accidently turned the knob to the on position. Fortunately for us, the electronic ignition on that stove is hard to trigger and our hot water heater is behind a panel on the exterior of the house and is vented well. Took two hours to air out the house.


7 posted on 05/21/2004 6:38:13 AM PDT by ravingnutter
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To: Thinkin' Gal

LOL


8 posted on 05/21/2004 6:39:27 AM PDT by Samwise (The new media motto: All the news that fits our agenda.)
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To: Samwise
Oh sure, always blame the cats.

(bet the author has a yappy 'drop-kick' mutt)

9 posted on 05/21/2004 6:39:28 AM PDT by Condor51 (Leftists Are Moral and Intellectual Parasites)
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To: Ronin

My cat apparently thinks it is funny to walk across my alarm clock and reset the time.


10 posted on 05/21/2004 6:39:57 AM PDT by ravingnutter
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To: Samwise
LIBERAL, Kan.

Nobody notice this? I wonder how those cats were registered?

11 posted on 05/21/2004 6:40:09 AM PDT by this_ol_patriot
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The cats survived, but are being treated at a Liberal animal hospital.

Must be alien cats.

Please stop me now.

12 posted on 05/21/2004 6:41:31 AM PDT by this_ol_patriot
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To: Thinkin' Gal
Far Side alert.

How about "101 Things to do with a Dead Cat" alert.

13 posted on 05/21/2004 6:42:16 AM PDT by 11th Earl of Mar
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To: Thinkin' Gal

Cute...especially funny since I feed my cat on the dryer to keep the dogs from getting her food.


14 posted on 05/21/2004 6:42:23 AM PDT by ravingnutter
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To: Samwise

How can they blame the cats when Bush is obviously to blame?


15 posted on 05/21/2004 6:42:27 AM PDT by oblomov
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To: Thinkin' Gal

That cartoon reminds me of the time my wife was doing laundry. She stopped the dryer for a moment to retrieve something, turned around to place it in a basket and then shut the door, little did she realize spitfire had jumped into the dryer. About 45 minutes later, to her horror, she dicovered the poor thing, she cried for a week over that.


16 posted on 05/21/2004 6:46:23 AM PDT by eastforker (The color of justice is green,just ask Johny Cochran!)
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To: Xenalyte

I was paralysed with fear one night thinking some weird sicko ax murderer was playing our piano. Terror turned to anger so I went stomping to the living room and let loose. Poor cat never went near the piano again.


17 posted on 05/21/2004 6:46:34 AM PDT by mtbopfuyn
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To: Samwise
Damn cats probably did it on purpose. :P


18 posted on 05/21/2004 6:46:45 AM PDT by Constitution Day
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To: this_ol_patriot

I googled on "liberal animal hospital" to check out the place, and this was the first article to pop up.

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5021668/


19 posted on 05/21/2004 6:47:11 AM PDT by Samwise (The new media motto: All the news that fits our agenda.)
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To: Xenalyte
I will never forget the first time Irs (pronounced Iris, but spelled Irs because we found her on April 15) walked across the piano keys after I forgot to close the lid. Neither will my entire family, who suffered a collective coronary at three that morning. Lord have mercy, a nine-pound cat can make a helluva noise on a piano.

My siamese tortoiseshell cat will walk across the top of my bose wave radio,and turn it on if she feels she's being ignored, some times at the aforementioned 3 AM. nothing like listening to WJR at full volume at that hour. I come out to turn it off and she stares at me as if to say "what??". Curious and JUST smart enough to be trouble, thats a dangerous mix in a house pet.

CC

20 posted on 05/21/2004 6:51:17 AM PDT by Celtic Conservative (experience: that one thing you don't get until just after you needed it.)
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