 Three people are safe this morning 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 that kept pawing at them as they slept in bed. A basement resident grabbed a ladder to help them escape. As they were climbing out, the cat jumped back into the house, though, ultimately dying from smoke inhalation.