MIRACLE CAT SURVIVES FIRE AND BULLDOZERS

A pet cat which was presumed dead in a building fire a month ago has been found alive buried beneath 16ft of rubble.

Lucky moggy Smoka with her owner

The lucky moggy, aptly named Smoka, survived despite the remains of the premises being torn down by bulldozers.

The cat was discovered as the debris from the flower shop and upstairs flat was being cleared away.

A crew found Smoka’s head sticking out from under the rubble – 26 days after the Ohio fire.

Her owner Sandy LaPierre, who lives in the flat, said she assumed one-year-old Smoka had died in the blaze on August 10.

The fire broke out in Franklin, about 30 miles north of Cincinnati.

Ms LaPierre said her pet had lost a lot of weight and has since been eating a lot of food to make up for it.

She said: “I was stunned, shocked. She is a miracle after staying there almost a month in the rubble.”

She said Smoka was finding it difficult to walk but otherwise she seemed OK.

Dennie Fitzgerald, the building’s owner, told NBC: “With those bulldozers, those big bulldozers rolling over the top of that thing day after day, it should not have made it.”