Cat uses up one of his nine lives after being saved from burning Telford house

Firefighters thought Mojo had died when they found him limp and not moving in a room full of thick smoke as they battled an attic fire.

But, clinging on to life by a whisker, the two-year-old ginger tom must have had at least one of his nine lives left as he miraculously came back to life when given oxygen by fire crews.

The blaze broke out in the roof space of a terrace house on Blakemore, part of the Brookside estate in Telford, at about 12.30am on Friday. Five crews were sent to the scene.

Crew Manager Adam Tempest, from Telford Central, said due to linked-up nature of the terrace houses it was difficult at first to find the source of the smoke that was pouring from the buildings.

"The fire was in the loft space but initially it was hard to ascertain which property the fire was in, so we had to break into a couple.

"It all happened very fast and we did find the seat of the fire – but the other properties were all smoke-logged as well."

He said no one was hurt in the fire, but there was one casualty – Mojo.

He said: "The cat was in the property affected by the fire, he was trapped in one of the rooms and was unconscious.

"One of the crews brought him out. He wasn't responding, but we gave him oxygen and some tender loving care and he revived. To be fair I didn't expect it. The state he was in, I did not think he would be coming around – I was quite surprised."

Owner Glen Stark said he was relieved the cat made it out and praised fire crews.