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Dogs alert Tucson homeowner to fire
Arizona Daily Star ^
| Kimberly Matas, Arizona Daily Star
Posted on 10/16/2012 3:46:15 PM PDT by SandRat
A couple of midtown canines deserve extra dog treats after alerting their owner to an early morning garage fire.
The barking dogs woke their owner just after 4 a.m.
“She checked to see what they were barking at and discovered her garage on fire in the back yard,” said Capt. Barrett Baker, spokesman for the Tucson Fire Department. “The garage was detached from the house. She was able to get the dogs and get out of the house safely.”
Fire crews were on the scene in the 1400 block of East Grant Road between north Mountain and Cherry avenues by 4:14 a.m. and had the blaze under control within eight minutes, Baker said.
The garage was fully involved when firefighters arrived but they were able to contain the the fire to the garage and prevent it from spreading to neighboring properties. Because the flames reached power lines above the garage, a crew from Tucson Electric Power responded to the scene to assist, Baker said.
None of the 23 firefighters who responded were injured in the blaze that destroyed the garage and heavily damaged the Toyota Tacoma inside. The cause of the fire is under investigation, Baker said. Damage is estimated at $32,000.
TOPICS: Local News; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: dogsfires; life
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posted on
10/16/2012 3:46:21 PM PDT
by
SandRat
To: AnAmericanMother; Titan Magroyne; Badeye; apackof2; Shannon; SandRat; arbooz; potlatch; metmom; ...
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posted on
10/16/2012 3:47:55 PM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
To: SandRat
Dogs are so stupid - why didn’t they just alert the fire department directly?
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posted on
10/16/2012 3:54:26 PM PDT
by
PGR88
To: SandRat
This is why you never make your dog your insurance benefactor.
To: Joe 6-pack
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posted on
10/16/2012 4:12:41 PM PDT
by
verga
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To: SandRat
Leave it to the dogs. My cats would have muffled the fire alarms. :)
To: SandRat
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posted on
10/16/2012 4:47:23 PM PDT
by
RS_Rider
(I hate Illinois Nazis)
To: SandRat
A few years ago one of our Jack Russels named Bobo alerted my husband to an exploding floor plug. The plug was under the sofa and had already set the sofa on fire. Bobo ran up and down the hall, from the den to the bedroom where my husband was in bed reading. Bobo continued to bark until my husband got up to see what was wrong. Bobo the Angel dog is what we called him.
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posted on
10/16/2012 5:18:41 PM PDT
by
Ditter
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posted on
10/16/2012 5:26:31 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
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posted on
10/16/2012 5:26:48 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
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posted on
10/16/2012 5:26:48 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: Joe 6-pack
Three times?
Busy dog!
;<)
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posted on
10/16/2012 5:31:33 PM PDT
by
Eaker
(Stripping Americans of their freedom and dignity and rubbing their noses in it is a very bad idea.)
To: Eaker
Dang...sorry ‘bout that. Must be a ghost in the machine!
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posted on
10/16/2012 5:34:14 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: Joe 6-pack
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posted on
10/16/2012 5:38:56 PM PDT
by
Eaker
(Stripping Americans of their freedom and dignity and rubbing their noses in it is a very bad idea.)
To: Joe 6-pack
Great story, and thanks for the ping. Would have responded earlier, but debate traffic made Free Republic impossible to access last night. 2nd week in a row. Arrrrrgggggghhhh!
To: SandRat
To: SandRat
Good job to the puppies and great job to the Fire dept in that community. Their response was very quick and they performed wonderfully!
The one segment of the population I love to pay to sit around doing nothing are firefighters!
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posted on
10/17/2012 8:01:59 AM PDT
by
CSM
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