CHICAGO – A Chicago cat may now have eight lives after jumping out of a fifth-floor window Thursday afternoon to escape an apartment fire. [WATCH VIDEO AT BOTTOM OF STORY] Chicago Fire Department personnel were taking a video of the exterior of the building as firefighters were extinguishing the blaze when a black cat appeared through billowing smoke at a broken window.
The fire-fleeing feline briefly tested the side of the building with its front paws, and then jumped. [TRENDING: Disney reacts to new CDC mask rules | Rocket launch could bring ‘glowing’ sky to Fla. | Can trolls be charged in murder case?] Onlookers gasped as the cat fell.