Man who narrowly escaped house fire credits kitten with saving his life

TILLAMOOK, Ore. (KPTV/Gray News) – An Oregon man says he wouldn’t have survived a house fire if not for his 9-week-old kitten waking him up.

Donald VanWormer, the longtime owner of Alternative Solutions Dispensary in Portland, says he was asleep two weeks ago in his Tillamook home when his 9-week-old kitten, Fred, woke him to flames.

“Rowing, scratching on me, freaking out. I looked up, and the flames were already through the whole attic,” VanWormer said…

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