Hat tip to ghosttruck.
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Emma Rhodes said she and her daughter woke up to the smoke alarm about 6:15am.
"I saw smoke and I absolutely panicked because my three-year-old was asleep and it was so thick," Ms Rhodes said.
"You couldn't see through it at all."
Ms Rhodes grabbed her young child and fled outside, where she called triple-0.
When firefighters arrived at the home in Richardson in Canberra's south they extinguished the small blaze and found the cause — Belle the black cat.
"It turned out that the cat had knocked the roll of cling wrap onto the stove and stepped on the ceramic cooktop and it had turned it on," Ms Rhodes said.
Ms Rhodes said it was a touch-sensitive stovetop, which was primed to heat up when something was placed onto it.
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But, according to Ms Rhodes, the whole tale had a silver lining with her daughter finding her dream job because of the accident.
"She got really excited when the firefighters came," Ms Rhodes said.
"But then she was even more upset because she wasn't able to ask them how to become a firefighter."
ACT Fire and Rescue said the incident served as a reminder to ensure all stove tops were locked and switched off when not in use, and to make sure all homes had working smoke alarms.
No one was injured and, in this instance, curiosity did not kill the cat.
Some say you should avoid black cats. This one almost burned down a house
A Canberra family say they still love their pet cat Belle after it accidently set fire to the kitchen during some early morning antics.
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