A heroic dog lost his own life saving his human dad's yesterday morning. According to local news reports, when a fire broke out in Scott Dunn's Cobb County, GA, home, his 3-year-old Boxer, Duncan, alerted Dunn but later died in the blaze.
"He was poking at me and barking," Dunn told the paper. "Normally, that means he needs to go out, but when I woke up, I couldn't see because there was smoke."
Dunn got dressed and grabbed the dog by the collar, but "Duncan planted his heels and wouldn't come," says WSB-TV reporter Amanda Cook. (Watch her report.)
Duncan alerted Scott Dunn to the fire in his home. (Photo: CBS News)
According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Dunn fell asleep on his couch Monday night, and was awakened by Duncan around 3:30 a.m."He was poking at me and barking," Dunn told the paper. "Normally, that means he needs to go out, but when I woke up, I couldn't see because there was smoke."
Dunn got dressed and grabbed the dog by the collar, but "Duncan planted his heels and wouldn't come," says WSB-TV reporter Amanda Cook. (Watch her report.)
"When I got out the front door, the flames
went everywhere," Dunn told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "I got in my truck, started it and backed it out of the carport and realized I had [Duncan's] collar and he wasn't there."
He tried to go back in the house for his dog: "When I got in the door, it was too hot and I couldn't go in," he told the paper. Firefighters found Duncan's body curled up on Dunn's bed, CBS Atlanta reports.
"That's my boy. He saved my life," a tearful Dunn told CBS. "He saved my life, but I couldn't return the favor. It was too hot in there. I couldn't get back in there." The cause of the fire is unknown.
More on this story:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Dog dies after alerting owner to house fire
Northeast Cobb Patch: Dog saves owner, dies in fire
WSB-TV: Dog alerts man to fire in GA home, dies in blaze
CBS Atlanta: Dog saves owner from Cobb fire, dog dies
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went everywhere," Dunn told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "I got in my truck, started it and backed it out of the carport and realized I had [Duncan's] collar and he wasn't there."
He tried to go back in the house for his dog: "When I got in the door, it was too hot and I couldn't go in," he told the paper. Firefighters found Duncan's body curled up on Dunn's bed, CBS Atlanta reports.
"That's my boy. He saved my life," a tearful Dunn told CBS. "He saved my life, but I couldn't return the favor. It was too hot in there. I couldn't get back in there." The cause of the fire is unknown.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Dog dies after alerting owner to house fire
Northeast Cobb Patch: Dog saves owner, dies in fire
WSB-TV: Dog alerts man to fire in GA home, dies in blaze
CBS Atlanta: Dog saves owner from Cobb fire, dog dies
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