http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/3563509/Wet-paws-alert-cat-owners-to-blaze .
Maceo the cat woke his Arrowtown owners at 3am on Wednesday by wetting his paws in the toilet bowl and walking on their faces.
Kate Gatonyi and partner Bevan Garland awoke to find a fire just three metres from their bedroom window.
A neighbour's shed had caught fire and the flames were spreading to the couple's garage and gas bottles.
Gatonyi said Maceo often played with water but had never put his feet in the toilet bowl.