Furry hero: dog saved family during house fire in Bronx

The family was saved from the fire thanks to a dog that woke them up when a fire broke out in the house on the night of December 23-24, reports Bronx News.

Dog owner Stephanie Mulhall said she put the two children to bed before she and her husband went to bed on Friday (December 23) evening.

“About… from 1:35 to 1:40 our dog scratched our bedroom door. We just thought she was asking to go outside because she never sleeps with us, she sleeps downstairs. But as soon as I opened the door, I smelled smoke. My husband quickly went downstairs and saw that the house was on fire,” she says.

Mulhall immediately called 911, grabbed her children and dogs, and went outside before the fire alarm went off at her home.

“They were screaming and crying because the fire alarm was loud. They got scared. The older one jumped right out of bed, I helped the younger one downstairs because he was very scared,” she says.

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Clarkstown police say the Nanuet Fire Department, along with New City, West Nyack and Pearl River, worked together to put out the fire. The Clarkstown fire inspector believes the fire started outside.

No one was hurt, but the house was declared uninhabitable.

The family says they are surrounded by the support the community has given them so far, including clothes, shoes, hats, scarves and Christmas gifts for the kids.

Also, the inhabitants of the town recognized the page on GoFundMeto help the family.