Neutral Bay fire: Woman jumps out the window with her mattress, cat gets oxygen treatment
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Quick-thinking woman throws her mattress out of the window and dives into it as her unit is engulfed in fire: footage shows just how smart she was
- A Sydney woman threw her mattress out of a window during a unit fire
- He jumped from the second floor of his Neutral Bay unit to safety on Friday.
- She had been trapped by flames and smoke in the hallway of her house.
- Her cat was rescued by firefighters and placed on oxygen
A woman escaped a fire by jumping from the second floor of a unit complex while her cat was receiving oxygen treatment.
The fire had broken out at the Neutral Bay resort on Sydney’s north shore at around 5am on Friday.
The woman threw a mattress out of the window after being trapped by flames and smoke in the hallway.
Neighbors who evacuated when alerted by smoke alarms placed the mattress on top of the bins before the women jumped on it.
The fire had broken out at the Neutral Bay resort on Sydney’s lower north shore at around 5am on Friday.
The woman threw a mattress out of the window after being trapped by flames and smoke in the hallway
A pet cat was also rescued from the scene by firefighters who placed it on oxygen before taking it to a veterinary clinic.
Fire and Rescue NSW did not disclose the condition of the cat.
Neighbors who evacuated when alerted by smoke alarms placed the mattress on top of the bins before the women jumped on it.
Authorities believe a spirit burner started the fire that broke out in a ground-floor unit.
NSW Ambulance treated the woman for lower leg injuries and another woman who suffered burns to her legs.
Both were transferred to the Royal North Shore Hospital.
Authorities believe a spirit burner started the fire that broke out in a ground-floor unit.