A cat in Melbourne survives after being trapped inside a clothes or tumble dryer for about four hours on high heat. Reports say the owner left home to go to work and drop a child at kinder, and returned roughly four hours later and did not see the cat in its usual place. When the cat was found inside the dryer, it had been exposed to the appliance’s high-temperature setting. The cat is described as recovering following the incident. While specific details about how the cat got into the dryer and what steps were taken immediately afterward are limited, both reports focus on the same timeline and outcome: the animal remains alive despite several hours of confinement in a dryer and is receiving care as it recovers. The event highlights the potential risks of household appliances when not secured, particularly when pets have access to closed spaces like dryers.