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Firemen brought a pet cat back to life after a house blaze - with the same oxygen mask they used to treat its owner.

Four-year-old feline Gert, was found lying motionless by fire crew after inhaling toxic smoke.

Owner Michael Morrison, 33, was desperate for firefighters to help save the stricken mog's life.

They did this using the same oxygen mask they had used to treat Michael at the scene, in Stratford, east London on September 28.

Luckily, Gert soon started breathing again - but had to be kept in an oxygen tent for two days, the Metro reports.

She is now recovering at the Celia Hammond Animal Trust centre in Lewisham, south London.

Her owner told the Metro: ‘It was horrible. I collapsed on the floor crying. I said 'please, please save her'”.

Gert is now able to move her legs and lick food.