Pet rabbit credited with saving couple from fire

[Wabbitdad12]

Chalk one up forrabbits!

Wed Jul 23, 8:51 PM ET


MELBOURNE, Australia - A pet rabbit is credited with saving a couple from a fire that swept through their home in the southern city of Melbourne.

Metropolitan Fire Brigade commander Mick Swift said the husband returned home from a night shift early Thursday and heard the family pet, named "Rabbit," scratching at the couple's bedroom door half an hour after he had gone to bed.
Swift said the husband, whose identity has not been released, discovered a fire in a back room and smoke spreading quickly through the house. He was able to escape the house with his wife unharmed.

Swift said the rabbit saved the couple from injury.

He said the blaze caused substantial damage to the house before it was extinguished by four crews of firefighters.

 

[amundb]

Here's a link to a story about it!

http://www.news.com.au/mercury/story/0,22884,24070028-921,00.html

 

[slavetoabunny]

I love the picture accompanying the article! Great story.

 

[Wabbitdad12]

That is a great picture. The article from Yahoo News didn't have the picture.

 

[EmilytheStrange]

Did they get the rabbit out? :shock:

 

[slavetoabunny]

EmilytheStrange wrote:

Did they get the rabbit out? :shock:

Yep - click the link for the online article. It has an adorable picture.

 

[cheryl]

What an amazing little bunny!..and what a gorgeous picture as well.

At the start of the story though it say's a black rabbit :?

 

[Haley]

Heres the video from CNN:

[ame=http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2008/07/24/parks.australia.hero.bunny.ninenetwork]http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2008/07/24/parks.australia.hero.bunny.ninenetwork[/ame]

Very cool

 

[EmilytheStrange]

HA! Okay, you busted me, I didn't read the article

slavetoabunny wrote:

EmilytheStrange wrote:

Did they get the rabbit out? :shock:

Yep - click the link for the online article. It has an adorable picture.

 

[slavetoabunny]

Haley wrote:

Heres the video from CNN:

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2008/07/24/parks.australia.hero.bunny.ninenetwork

Very cool

I love that video! Thanks for finding it Haley.

 

[juliew19673]

What a cute bun! Smart and funny.. My cat when she was much younger awoke my roommate to a fire by "dive-bombing" her head until she woke up to flames outside her bedroom window.. The fire was in the apartment above us so there was not smoke in ours - but the cat some how knew..