North Shore Animal League nursed her and her four surviving kittens back to health and found them loving homes. Scarlett's story reached all the way to Japan and thousands of inquiries came in to NSAL about her and her kittens.

To read her story in detail, click here.

Scarlett passed away of kidney failure, but her legacy lives on through her Sponsorship program for animals in distress, and the Scarlett room, a blog for all the animals in her Sponsorship program.

If you'd like to help animal victims of fires in your community, you might consider buying your local fire department some pet-sized oxygen masks.