UAE- Torch Tower fire: They walked down 50 floors with two cats

(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) As Dubai Marina's Torch Tower with 86 floors caught fire on Friday night, this couple walked down 50 floors with two cats.

From apartment 5004 of the blazing Torch Tower, the had to walk all the way down to safety.Woken up with fire alarm at 1am, South African national Anel says, "I'm just glad my two photo albums are still in south Africa. We're usually crime victims, not fire victims."

My husband and two cats are the most important thing, she said, even smiling. This was her first week in the building, on the 50th floor of Torch Tower, in fact her third day. "Everything important is tight here."

Anel and husband Raymond Martin's cats are Zoe (16 years old) and Xena (1 year old).

Only once before have they walked down 50 floors - for a fire drill and not an actual fire in South Africa.

Major General Abdullah Khalifa Al Marri, Commander-in-Chief of Dubai Police returns a rescued pet from the Torch Tower to its owner

- Dubai Media Office (@DXBMediaOffice) Civil Defence rescued pets from Torch Tower last night and reunited them with their owners

- Dubai Media Office (@DXBMediaOffice)

Raymond works for an audio visual company and Anel is trying to get a spouse visa.

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