A toy poodle, Ted (great name!), led emergency responders to a 19-year-old man asleep in his basement during a house fire. Seriously!
A woman and her two daughters had already escaped the fire when paramedics entered the home.
The local fire chief said:
├óΓé¼┼ôTwo of our paramedics […] had gone inside to search the structure, and when they opened the door, there was the dog. When they went to grab the dog, though, he ran downstairs.
He stopped on a landing, looked back at our guys, waited for them to catch up and then ran down to the next landing.”
When they reached the bottom of the steps they found a 19-year-old man asleep.
He was treated for smoke inhalation but otherwise unharmed.
The fire was most likely caused by a leaking gas meter on the side of the house.
[Image via Mavrix Online.]