Middletown Resident Finds Lost Cat 6 Months After Valley Fire

MIDDLETOWN (CBS13) – A woman has been reunited with her beloved cat six months after he disappeared during the devastating Valley Fire that tore through Lake County.

Middletown resident Nancy hadn't seen "Muscat" since evacuation orders back in September.

But as fate would have it, she spotted the white and black feline when driving close to her home on Thursday.

"She found her cat missing since the Valley Fire, and we were just so excited," Teresa Axthelm of the Middletown Animal Hospital told KCBS in a phone interview.

Muscat was taken to the vet for a checkup and got a clean bill of health.

A fire fund set up to help victims of the fire paid for the vet visit.