Taipei, April 10 (CNA) A cat owned by a girl who died whereas making an attempt to rescue it from a building in Hualien that partially collapsed throughout a 7.2-magnitude earthquake on April 3 was noticed alive within the building on Tuesday, in line with native firefighters.
The 33-year-old lady, surnamed Kang (康), made it out of her building unhurt after the preliminary quake however turned trapped when she rushed again in minutes later to save lots of her cat because the building shifted throughout an aftershock, the Hualien County Fire Department mentioned.
First responders later discovered Kang, a vocational senior highschool trainer, pinned underneath a collapsed column with no very important indicators within the afternoon and was subsequently pronounced lifeless, the division added.
Kang was final seen telling neighbors she was returning to the building to rescue her cat, in line with the division.
Kang’s cat was seen Tuesday when one other orange tabby cat was discovered caught in metallic bars in a window on the seventh flooring of the eight-story Uranus Building amid ongoing demolition work.
The orange cat was confirmed to be the pet of a girl surnamed Yu (余), who lived on the building’s eighth flooring.
Deng Zih-yu (鄧子榆), director of Hualien County’s Department of Public Works, directed that demolition efforts be halted and deployed a ladder truck to the scene, ensuing within the cat’s profitable rescue.
While watching video of the rescue, some individuals noticed one other orange cat in a close-by window, and Kang’s household later confirmed it was certainly Kang’s cat.
The fireplace division mentioned it placed a cage lure on the web site to attempt to rescue it.
