The incredible picture which shows cats being given oxygen after being rescued from a house fire Firefighters were hailed as heroes after saving the two cats' lives Updated (Image: Runcorn Weekly News) Hero firefighters saved the lives of two cats after rescuing them from a burning house and then treating them with oxygen. Remarkable pictures published by Runcorn Fire Station showed two crew members cradling the cats in towels with breathing masks over their faces. Crews had been called to the Halton Brook area of the Cheshire town at 3.05pm on Saturday to deal with a blaze on the ground floor of a two-storey house, the Liverpool Echo reports.