Labrador Dog Nudges Man Awake During House Fire In Sacramento
SACRAMENTO (CBS/AP) — Authorities are crediting a chocolate Labrador with saving the life of a Sacramento man after it alerted him to a fire inside a home that appeared not to have a smoke detector.
Sacramento Fire Department spokesman Roberto Padilla says the man told firefighters he was sleeping when his dog Buddy nudged him and woke him up Thursday night. The man saw a fire burning in a bedroom in the rear of the house.
The Sacramento Bee reports the man suffered some smoke inhalation and had soot on his face.
Meet Buddy this chocolate lab saved his owners life in a South Sacramento fire It appears there was no work... https://t.co/HxgN9CHbbg
— Sacramento Fire Department (@SacFirePIO) December 19, 2014
UPDATE: Dog SAVES mans life in South Sacramento fireappears no working smoke alarm. Dog nudge person while sleeping pic.twitter.com/PjYCNQrCXi
— Sacramento Fire Department (@SacFirePIO) December 19, 2014
Padilla says the man did not recall hearing a smoke alarm, and firefighters had found no evidence of a working smoke detector in the house.
He says the home had significant damage.
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