Pet Cat Wakes Woman During Trailer Fire that Killed Dog

MELBA, Idaho (AP) — A woman's pet cat pawed her face and woke her during a trailer fire in Melba that killed her dog. The Idaho Press-Tribune reports Murphy-Reynolds-Wilson Fire chief Wes Anderson says the cat saved the woman from the Thursday morning fire.

Anderson said a cigarette may have ignited the single-wide mobile home. Fire crews put out the blaze and helped the woman bury her dog.