Saturday, September 30, 2006

Pit bull's barking alerts sleeping teen to house fire

http://www.tampabays10.com/news/local/article.aspx?storyid=40722
Fort Myers, Florida - A recently adopted pit bull whose barking alerted a sleeping 17-year-old may have saved her from a house fire.

Chato had just been brought to the home a couple weeks ago after he wondered onto a construction site in Lehigh. By the time firefighters arrived at the house, Jerrica Seals, who had been sleeping, was safely outside. Firefighers are calling the dog a hero.

A deputy fire chief says the blaze appears to have been caused by a bad extension cord on a window air conditioner.

(Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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