It's a slow news day in Des Moines...

[brooklynite]

Cat Alerts Family To Fire Started By Goat

WARREN COUNTY, Iowa -- Firefighters believe a goat kick started a fire that destroyed a home in Warren County on Tuesday.

Three people were asleep when smoke began filling Jim and Kristi Giles’ home in Warren County, between Norwalk and Indianola.

"My cat woke me up and I saw smoke coming out of my fan," said John Hadley. "My first concern was getting my mom out of the house. Because, like I said, my mom is real ill. And so that's what I did. I made sure I got her out and then I know she loves her animals, so I rounded all her animals up, and by that point, flames and smoke were everywhere."

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Firefighters think the fire may have been started by one of two goats. The family kept the goats inside a shed that was attached to the rear of the house.

http://www.kcci.com/cnn-news/18474099/detail.html

[RandomThoughts]

1. ...

[LaraMN]

2. Once, our local news opened w/ a story about a trash-collecting dog.

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"the fire may have been started by one of two goats."
How do they know it wasn't a multi-goat conspiracy?

[krispos42]

4. The other goat was on the grassy knoll

Or so I heard...

[surrealAmerican]

3. Maybe they should have gone ...

... with the "hero cat" angle on this story. It's in the headline, but they could have told us more about that cat. On the other hand, putting a space heater where your goats can reach it is just asking for trouble.