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Video: Cat jumps from burning building and survives

By Staff Report
Updated  May 13, 2021 8:02pm EDT
Pets and Animals
FOX 32 Chicago

Cat jumps from building

The Chicago Fire Department shared a video showing a cat jumping out of a burning building.

CHICAGO - A video from the Chicago Fire Department shows a cat jumping out of a burning building, landing on the grass, and walking away apparently unscathed in Chicago on Thursday, Fox 32 reported.

"Nine lives for a cat that jumped from fire at 65th and Lowe," the fire department tweeted with the video around 3:30 p.m. "Cat hit grass bounced and walked away!"

The video shows a black cat vaulting from a fifth-floor window and actually clearing a wall in front of the building. The cat bounces on the grass and then darts away, the video shows. 

CFD confirmed that the cat did survive the jump. The fire was also contained to a single unit.

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