Shyenne Gallagher with her dog, Asher. (Nigel Maxwell/paNOW Staff)

By Nigel Maxwell

Arson investigation

Prince Albert couple credits dog for wake up call, after garage set on fire

Jun 20, 2022 | 2:00 PM

The cause of an early morning fire in Prince Albert’s midtown neighbourhood area is under investigation, however the people living in the nearby house have already been told it is being treated as suspicious.

Shyenne Gallagher was at home sleeping Monday, when around 1:50 a.m., she was suddenly awoken by her very excited, one-year-old dog, Asher.

“He just wouldn’t quit this morning and he finally jumped on me. Obviously I knew something was wrong so I came to the door and I saw a really bright light so I opened the door and the garage was on fire,” Gallagher recalled.

A picture of the charred garage. (Nigel Maxwell/paNOW Staff)

Gallagher immediately called the fire department and crews arrived less than 10 minutes later to quickly extinguished the blaze. Fortunately the fire was contained to the garage and there were no injuries reported. Later in the morning the couple and their landlord were still in the process of trying to clean up the mess.

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“My dog was pretty terrified after he came outside and he didn’t even want to go near it,” Gallagher said.

The couple has been renting the house for nearly five months and, according to Gallagher, there’s been no real big issues.

“We haven’t had any problems other than people coming just taking things. Other than that it’s been good here,” she said.

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