Cat survives Utah apartment fire by sheltering in closet for three days
A firefighter holds Toast after the cat hid for sevearl days in a closet after a fire, in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Monday. Photograph: Salt Lake unified fire authorityView image in fullscreenA firefighter holds Toast after the cat hid for sevearl days in a closet after a fire, in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Monday. The four-alarm blaze, which was probably caused by a mechanical issue, tore through and destroyed the complex.
- ▪A firefighter holds Toast after the cat hid for sevearl days in a closet after a fire, in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Monday.
- ▪Photograph: Salt Lake unified fire authorityView image in fullscreenA firefighter holds Toast after the cat hid for sevearl days in a closet after a fire, in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Monday.
- ▪The four-alarm blaze, which was probably caused by a mechanical issue, tore through and destroyed the complex.
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A firefighter holds Toast after the cat hid for sevearl days in a closet after a fire, in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Monday. Photograph: Salt Lake unified fire authorityView image in fullscreenA firefighter holds Toast after the cat hid for sevearl days in a closet after a fire, in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Monday. Photograph: Salt Lake unified fire authorityUtahCat survives Utah apartment fire by sheltering in closet for three daysToast the cat escaped his namesake fate when blaze ripped through building and displaced more than 40 familiesRamon Antonio VargasWed 5 Aug 2026 06.00 EDTLast modified on Wed 5 Aug 2026 06.01 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleA pet cat quite fittingly named Toast survived a devastating fire that recently gutted an apartment complex in Utah by hiding in a closet…
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