Yeah-yeah, common story but I like posting them. From the Cheboygan Tribune (MI):
KOEHLER TOWNSHIP - Dogs have again proven themselves to be our best friend.A homeowner was alerted to an early morning fire on Wednesday when her dogs awoke her, biting her hand until she got out of bed.
The owner of the home, Marcie Wright, managed to escape from the blaze at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, said Assistant Tuscarora Township Fire Chief Steve Sackett.
“The woman was asleep at the time,” Sackett said. “Her dogs woke her up by biting at her hand.”
The homeowner managed to get out, and neighbors were able to save all but one of the five dogs who were living in the house, Sackett explained.
And here's another one from KOIN TV (WA):
VANCOUVER, Wash. - A Vancouver woman is crediting her dogs from saving her life after a fire broke out in her home.Lori Wangerim was asleep in bedroom when the fire started. Her home, on Northeast 90th Avenue, does not have a smoke detector. But her dogs alerted her to the blaze by barking and banging on the bedroom door.
Wangerim and her two dogs escaped without injury. The rest of her family wasn't home at the time.
I myself encountered a woman some decades back who told of a similar experience. Her upstairs neighbor had been smoking in bed, and when her dog woke her up, her ceiling was on fire.
Posted by: triticale at October 30, 2006 10:36 PM