Heartbreaking new photo shows the moment pensioner saves his cat Sarikiz after losing everything in house fire...

This is the heartbreaking moment an 83-year-old man clutches his pet cat while weeping over the charred remains of his home.

Ali Meşe, from Ordu Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey, burned his house down after trying to light his wood stove with gasoline.

As everything he loved perished in front of him, he took comfort in cuddling up to his adorable feline friend.