Cats stranded 3 days in condo after Old Market fire reunited with owner

[Omaha Steve]

Rescue story below.


This is the burned out building. The cats were in the damaged building next door.It took an hour to get the natural gas off to stop feeding the fire after the explosion. A contractor may not have followed federal law and had the utilities marked before excavating: http://www.omaha.com/money/feds-investigating-m-s-pub-fire-if-safe-and-acceptable/article_9daf47c2-b953-11e5-a60a-9338f67eb52c.html


Several feature stories here: http://www.omaha.com/news/metro/complete-coverage-fire-destroys-historic-m-s-pub-building/collection_9424269c-b82b-11e5-be14-7bf9c73bdd60.html




CITY OF OMAHA

Two Maine coon cats that had been missing since Saturday’s Old Market fire have been reunited with their owner after being rescued Tuesday. Pictured with the cats are animal control officers, Martin Jensen, left, and Ryan McGlothlin.

http://www.omaha.com/news/metro/cats-stranded-in-condo-after-old-market-fire-reunited-with/article_205a6711-4cfa-5bea-9748-093b9dbe81c4.html



POSTED: TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 2016 11:20 AM | UPDATED: 3:29 PM, TUE JAN 12, 2016.
By Roseann Moring / World-Herald staff writer

Two Maine coon cats that had been missing since Saturday’s Old Market fire have been reunited with their owner, according to city officials.

The cats, Goliath and Pearl, were in a condo above the Market House when the fire started in the building next door Saturday. The owner, Lindsey Klotz, and friends had posted on social media asking firefighters to return the cats.

City officials mistakenly announced that the cats had been returned Monday. But they later said that was a misunderstanding. Firefighters had made contact with the cats, but they ran away.

So firefighters left food and water, said Carrie Murphy, a spokeswoman for Mayor Jean Stothert.

FULL story at link.

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