(Nigel Maxwell/paNOW Staff)

By paNOW Staff

Fire Extinguished

Dog alerts owners of house fire

Feb 16, 2020 | 6:54 PM

A local family dog may have saved four lives on Saturday.

According to a Facebook post from the Prince Albert Fire Department, at 4:30 a.m. Saturday they responded to a structure fire at the 300 Block of 9th Street East.

(Nigel Maxwell/paNOW Staff)

When the firefighters arrived, there were four people standing outside the burning home. The four residents told the firefighters they were alerted and woken up by their dog because of the fire.

Crews performed an interior attack and were able to extinguish most of the blaze. There were no other people located inside the home when firefighters searched. It took them two hours to put out the fire completely.

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The cause of the fire is under investigation.

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