Cat jumps from fifth-floor of burning Chicago building, bounces once and runs away

Feline survives daring leap from office block in video captured by Chicago Fire Department

A Chicago cat has survived after jumping out of a fifth-floor window to escape an apartment fire.

Chicago Fire Department personnel were taking a video of the exterior of the building as firefighters were extinguishing the blaze when a black cat appeared through billowing smoke at a broken window. The feline briefly tested the side of the building with its front paws, and then jumped.