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February 19, 2008
Hero dog, my foot
The last time I got woken up by a dog in the middle of the night, he wanted to go outside to look around. He didn't even go to the bathroom! I just hope if my house ever catches on fire and I have a dog, he at least has the good sense to wake me up.
Hubcap, a 10-pound Chihuahua, smelled smoke and alerted his owner Kym Sullivan by jumping up on her bed and licking her face.
"I woke up and asked him what he wanted. It was 2 in the morning," said Sullivan, 46. "He ran to the back door. I opened the door and could see and smell the white smoke throughout the hallway."
Minutes later, the fire alarms went off, and firefighters arrived at the three-story apartment complex in the 7800 block of South Rutherford Avenue.
Firefighters temporarily evacuated the tenants living in the 18 units. No one was injured.
entry no. 1084
Posted at February 19, 2008 01:13 PM