 Finally, drink in the dark. Think cold water. That's a quick and easy way to keep your temperature down. Gigi Barnett, WTOP News. Three people are safe after their cat alerted them to a fire. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue says a man and two women were trapped in a burning house along Westside Drive in Gaithersburg just after four yesterday morning. They told firefighters they were woken up by the cat, which kept pawing at them as they were trying to fall asleep or stay asleep, I should say.