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Garden Grove Fire Department Captain Albert Acosta checks on the welfare of a cat named Magic, as Magic's owner Norma Arbotast finishes the cat's oxygen treatment on Thursday, June 21, 2012 in Garden Grove, Calif. Twenty firefighters from Garden Grove and Anaheim put out a house fire. According to Garden Grove Battalion Chief Chuck Green, the firefighters arrived to heavy smoke coming from a back bedroom. Two occupants of the home got out on their own but firefighters rescued two dogs and two cats inside the home. (AP Photo/The Orange County Register, Bruce Chambers)