An Amazon driver is being hailed as a pet hero after she helped save three dogs from a burning home in Florida this week.
According to the District of Columbia Fire Brigade, the fire broke out Tuesday at a home in Lake City, a city in the northern part of the state about 60 miles west of Jacksonville.
A fire department spokesman told USA TODAY, officers responded at 3:45 p.m. to the one-story home after a 911 call reported a fire there.
There, she said, firefighters entered the house, found three dogs inside and rescued them. A spokesman said the dogs suffered asphyxiation but were revived at the scene.
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“Thanks to the Amazon driver who noticed the smoke and called 911,” CCFR posted on Facebook. “Since the owner wasn’t home at the time, she saved the house and the puppies!”
‘Thank you for saving my children’
Lauren Sutton, who lives in the home with her 7-month-old daughter, told USA TODAY Friday that she’s grateful to everyone involved who helped rescue her pet: Winnifred, 3, Quinny, 4, and Zoey , 7 years old.
Sutton, 31, said: ‘I am so grateful and will never be able to thank Angelina (the Amazon driver), the firefighters and the sheriff who saved my dogs’ lives.
Meanwhile, the actions of Amazon workers drew praise on social media.
“Many thanks and much appreciated!!!” Lisa Ann Dunn posted on the fire department’s Facebook page. “Those are my daughter’s dogs that we love so much. They are doing well this morning but are still in the hospital. Thank you will never be enough!”
“Thank you for saving my children,” her daughter commented.
Firefighters were able to bring the fire under control to one room in the home, the spokesman said.
She said the cause and source of the fire was still under investigation Friday.
Sutton told USA TODAY.
“They’re still hospitalized, and the Boston Terrier Fescue in Florida held a fundraiser for their growing vet bills.” Sutton said. “We expect them to come home in the next few days.”
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