She Helped Save Her Best Friend’s Cat From An Apartment Fire After The Firefighters Performed CPR On Him For 10 Minutes
Anytime I see that there has been a house or apartment fire on the news, my heart drops. Fires are terrifying, and something even more terrifying is that they can start when you’re not at home, putting all of your belongings and, sometimes, pets in danger without your knowledge.
One young woman’s apartment recently suffered major damage from an electrical fire while at a concert with her boyfriend. When the fire started, her cat was inside.
But thankfully, her best friend, who lives a few floors above her, saved her cat as soon as she saw the commotion and has been helping her get back on her feet through viral TikTok videos and fundraising.
“My downstairs neighbor’s apartment just burned down,” says TikTok user Violet La Moure in her viral TikTok video. “I have her cat. She’s at a concert right now, and she doesn’t even know anything happened.”
Violet’s best friend, Kyrah Clark (@parkers.story), and her boyfriend Kai lived in that downstairs apartment with Kyrah’s cat, Parker, and two guinea pigs named Cookie and Wookie.
On the night of February 11th, the apartment caught on fire due to an electrical shortage in one of the wall outlets. She had just finished moving in the day before.
Violet and her boyfriend were upstairs in their apartment when they heard all sorts of commotion outside.
The moment they found out Kyrah’s apartment was on fire, they rushed outside, knowing that the couple wasn’t home and her animals were inside.
Tragically, the two guinea pigs did not survive the fire, but firefighters were able to pull Parker out of the house.
GoFundMe – pictured above is Parker
He was unconscious when they found him, but after performing 10 minutes of CPR, they were able to resuscitate him and place him in Violet’s care.
Immediately, Violet and her boyfriend got him to an emergency animal hospital, where he received care for his lungs and is expected to recover fully.
“He was mainly inhaling smoke,” Violet said in one of her videos. “He didn’t really get singed too badly. He burnt his fur a little bit, but he didn’t have any actual burns on his skin.”
As of the 16th, Parker was able to go home! However, his care racked up a massive vet bill. On top of it all, the damage from the fire was so bad that Kyrah lost all of her belongings.
Violet created a GoFundMe page for Kyrah and Kai, which has raised over $7,735, much of which is from TikTok viewers who wanted to help after seeing her videos. All of the money will go to Parker’s vet bills, which ended up being over $3,000, as well as new housing, food, and new belongings for Kyrah and her boyfriend.
“Please help in any way you possibly can,” Violet wrote on the GoFundMe page. “Every single dollar helps.”
We are so glad to hear that Parker is going to be okay, and we’re sending our best wishes to Kyrah and her loved ones. You can view Kyrah and Parker’s GoFundMe page here.
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