Posted on 06/21/2002 10:04:27 PM PDT by chance33_98
Edited on 09/03/2002 4:50:40 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
POMPANO BEACH -- Firefighters put out a house fire Friday morning in Pompano Beach, and homeowner Felisberto Lopes credits his cat, Weepee, for saving his house and his life.
Lopes told firefighters he was taking a nap on his couch after watching the U.S. World Cup Soccer game early Friday morning. He was awakened by Weepee's loud meowing and started to smell smoke. Lopes said he saw smoke coming from a back room office, opened the door and saw that the room was on fire.
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"I knew I'd set that cigarette down somewhere. Aye Carumba! No mas tequila before noon!"
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