Burning cat jumps from second story apartment fire. Video / Aaron Ganaway NBC New York
The heart-stopping moment a cat leapt off the second floor of a building where an apartment was on fire has been shared online.
The images, from a fire in an apartment in New York City, have gone viral.
According to local authorities, the fire was started by a man asthe result of a domestic dispute.
Amazing video of a cat jumping out of a second floor window in East Harlem Saturday. Police responded to a domestic dispute at Lincoln Houses where they say man locked himself inside apartment & set it on fire. 7 people hurt including 2 cops @NBCNewYork (courtesy Aaron Ganaway) pic.twitter.com/1nLmFnsW0U
Footage shared on Twitter shows officers coaxing the frightened cat out of the window of the flat, as flames engulfed the building.
The terrified feline eventually jumps off the window and onto the street.
Despite multiple requests for updates from Twitter uses, the cat's current condition is not yet known.
The man who started the fire was reportedly barricaded inside the flat but police managed to enter the apartment. He was eventually brought out unconscious and taken to hospital.
