Rabbit the rabbit saves the day

Mélane · Posted: 24/07/2008 17:52:01

Un couple d'australien a été sauvé des flammes par... son lapin domestique. «Rabbit» - c'est son nom - a gratté à la porte de la chambre à coucher, où le couple était endormi, a raconté le commandant en chef des pompiers de Melbourne, Mick Swift, au «Sydney Morning Herald». Quelques minutes plus tard, le mari a découvert qu'un incendie s'était déclenché à l'arrière de la maison et qu'une fumée épaisse se dégageait

Rabbit the rabbit saves the day
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A quick-thinking bunny, named Rabbit, has saved a Melbourne couple from a devastating house fire.

Rabbit's owner Gerry Finn had been home from night shift only 30 minutes when he heard the black rabbit furiously scratching at the bedroom door about 6am (AEST) today.

He was shocked to discover it had alerted him to a blaze rapidly spreading through the back of his Macleod home, in Melbourne's north.

Smoke blackened the inside of the house, and flames destroyed part of the roof.

Neighbours pitched in with hoses to save the house before four fire crews arrived to extinguish the blaze.

Six days from completing a painstaking two-year renovation, the couple was stunned but relieved to have escaped the fire without injury.

Wife Michelle said Rabbit had alerted them in the nick of time.

"We were both asleep. It was very lucky for both of us," she said.

Rabbit is usually happy to roam around the house, only locked in a cage when guests arrive, she said.

"He's just sort of an inside pet but I don't think he was very impressed," Mrs Finn said.

"We've been renovating for two years - we started with a disaster, and now this. All that hard work gone."

A jewellery-maker, Michelle's tools and jewels were also lost in the fire.

Fire investigators believe a heater may have sparked the blaze.

A smoke alarm had been removed from the back room ceiling while the room was painted.

Metropolitan Fire Brigade commander Mick Swift said the couple owed their escape to Rabbit.

But, he said, home renovations should be no barrier to fire safety.

"The lesson to learn from this is that even if a smoke alarm is removed it can still be put high up on a shelf," he said.

Rabbit miraculously survived 45 minutes of heat and smoke inhalation before alerting his owners.

The six-month-old bunny will visit the vet for a check-up later today.
AAP

j espere que c est bien un lapin d Australie Mr. Green

quel mysterieux pays etonnant ces animaux
et certain se demande si ils ont unâme clind

Teiwas · Posted: 24/07/2008 23:31:03

Oui il était à la une sur nos chaines de télévision
Mais c'est un lapin noir kiss

Le voici avec sa propriétaire

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Connaître, ce n'est pas démontrer ni expliquer,c'est accéder à la vision.Saint-Exupéry

Mélane · Posted: 25/07/2008 04:19:35

j avais un doute pour la photo du lapin Mr. Green

Teiwas · Posted: 25/07/2008 04:21:24

Il est énorme en fait, je le regardais hier soir Laughing

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Connaître, ce n'est pas démontrer ni expliquer,c'est accéder à la vision.Saint-Exupéry

Mélane · Posted: 25/07/2008 04:26:00

Oui c est ce que je me disais ,
Il m'a l air même plus gros que Jethro Mr. Green

Teiwas · Posted: 25/07/2008 04:36:27

Jethro est la réincarnation d'un chihuaha, d'un berger allemand, d'un poisson ,d'une tortue , d'un chat et d'un singe
6 personnalités en une Laughing

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Connaître, ce n'est pas démontrer ni expliquer,c'est accéder à la vision.Saint-Exupéry

Mélane · Posted: 25/07/2008 04:43:06

Teiwas · Posted: 25/07/2008 06:17:21

oui aussi plus un canard Laughing

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Connaître, ce n'est pas démontrer ni expliquer,c'est accéder à la vision.Saint-Exupéry