Cats use fax as toilet, spark house fire

TOKYO (Reuters) - Two kittens picked the wrong place to relieve themselves when they urinated on a fax machine, sparking a fire that extensively damaged their Japanese owner's house.

Investigators in the western city of Kobe have concluded that the fire in January was caused by a spark generated when the urine soaked the machine's electrical printing mechanism.

The fire damaged the kitchen and living room before it was put out by the house's owner, who was treated for mild smoke inhalation, said Masahito Oyabu, a fireman at the Nagata fire station in central Kobe.

The kittens quickly ran to safety, he added.

"If you have a cat, or a dog for that matter, be careful where they urinate," Oyabu said. "Especially keep them away from electrical appliances and wires.

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Oh, never mind... these are cats we're talking about. Doubtless there was a cat reason we'll never understand.

"Hey, look! The humans got a new thing!"
"Cool! It makes noises, and look at the paper move."
"Let's tear up the paper."
"I got a better idea. Let's pee on the thing!"
"Woo hoo! Pee on it!"

Obvious. :shrug:

ever, EVER leave any plastic bags on the floor.
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you said it:
"I got a better idea. Let's pee on the thing!"
"Woo hoo! Pee on it!"

I have two cats that behave just like that, one of them even peed on my husbands shoe one day. Now they stay outdoors most of the time except under close supervision.

Literally! :evilgrin:

**whizzzz**

LOL!

that's scary. I almost had an electrical fire at work. I was raising a bed and some sparks popped out from the head of the bed. thats spooky. Never know what might cause a freak accident.

"Let's send pages of the Koran using this porcelain fax... just put the page in here, and push the "send" lever...

Look at me, I'm channeling Yakof Smirnoff!

window. He sprayed right into the electric outlet and the outlet sparked and smoked. Guess what? After he did that, he kept doing it over there. And it wasn't that I didn't keep scrupulously clean litter trays. He had to spray to make sure that outside cat knew this was HIS territory.