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Scarlett, the cat that saved kittens from 1996 Brooklyn fire, dies In 1996, a cat saved all 5 of her kittens from a burning building in New York City She passed through the flames 5 times to save them one by one before she was knocked unconscious. She later regained consciousness and was reunited with her kittens. Scarlett the cat, a calico hero who drew worldwide acclaim after rescuing her five kittens from a 1996 Brooklyn fire, has passed away. The aging cat - believed to be at least 13 years old - succumbed to multiple illnesses, leaving behind the sad Brooklyn family that adopted her after the blaze. Scarlett (June or July 1995 – October 11, 2008) was a former stray cat from Brooklyn, New York, whose efforts to save her kittens from a fire attracted worldwide media attention, and has been described in a number of non-fiction books. If the kittens were her first litter, Scarlett was probably about nine months old. She later became a featured animal in the fund-raising and public rel