Rabbit that woke owner of burning house dies

Published : Sept. 15, 2011 - 13:30

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KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) — Fire officials in Alaska say a pet rabbit woke its owner when the house was on fire, allowing the woman to get herself and her daughter safely out of the burning building. But the rabbit ended up dying from smoke inhalation.

The woman was awakened early Tuesday by the rabbit scratching her chest, and she saw the house was full of smoke.

She rushed to get her daughter out of the home, but the rabbit was left behind in the confusion.

Ketchikan Fire Capt. Tracy Mettler tells the Ketchikan Daily News (http://bit.ly/o3T8Sb) pets often find their own way out of a burning building but not this time.

The fire‘s cause is under investigation. The fire department wouldn’t identify the home‘s two residents.

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애완용 토끼, 불난집 집주인 깨워 살려

미국 알래스카서 애완용 토끼가 집에 불이 나자 잠자고 있던 주인을 깨워 목숨을 구해 화제가 되고 있다.

현지시간으로 지난 화요일, 집주인인 한 여성이 자신이 기르고 있는 토끼가 잠에서 깨웠고, 눈을 뜨자 집안이 온통 연기로 가득 차 있었다고. 그녀는 즉시 자신의 딸을 깨워 집을 나왔지만, 너무 경황이 없었던 까닭에 자신을 구해준 토끼를 두고 나왔다고 말했다. 안타깝게도 주인을 구해낸 토끼는 질식사 한 것으로 알려졌다.

소방당국은 현재 화재 원인을 조사 중에 있다.

Rabbit that woke owner of burning house dies

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