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Dog Saves Family of Four from House Fire

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Four-year-old Great Dane “Ralph” alerted his family to a house fire just in time to get all of them safely from their home early Tuesday morning.

“He was in his kennel inside the house and we heard him barking,” husband and father of two, Derek Walker remembered. “He usually doesn’t make a sound at night. And it was a different kind of bark.”

“I just started screaming ‘fire’ to get everybody up,” Walker continued. “My wife got up and she got our daughter and got her out.” But the couple’s son was still fast asleep, separated from the family because his bedroom was on the lower floor of their split level home. . .

The family also highlighted their gratitude for their faithful furry companion, who beat their smoke alarms — and likely saved lives in the process. By the time their smoke alarms started sounding, the house was already filled. “There was so much smoke I don’t know if we would have made it out,” Walker said. “Without Ralph, I don’t think we would have made it,” he said. “I don’t think my son would have made it.” (Read more from “Dog Saves Family of Four from House Fire” HERE)

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Gone With the Wind: Los Angeles Burns

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Drivers on their way to work in Los Angeles were faced with terrifying scenes along a major freeway after the fifth California wildfire this week left the hillside next to their road ablaze.

The inferno – named the Skirball Fire – has consumed more than 50 acres of land and threatens LA’s exclusive Bel Air neighborhood, UCLA and the Getty Center for the arts alongside the I-405 freeway.

The freeway is now shut down as 125 firefighters and several helicopters attempt to get the blaze under control – but early-morning commuters managed to capture this stunning footage.

As they traveled gingerly passed the ferocious fire, their cars passed just feet away from the deadly – and ever-spreading – flames.

Several people captured the surreal moment on video and shared them on social media. (Read more from “Gone With the Wind: Los Angeles Burns” HERE)

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Couple Wed 75 Years Among California Wildfire Victims

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Sara and Charles Rippey lived together for much of their century-long lives.

She was 98; he was 100.

They met almost 90 years ago, as grade-schoolers in Hartford, Wis., the New York Times reported. They married in 1942, and had just celebrated their 75th wedding anniversary with all five of their children in March.

But on Sunday night, they died together in their house in Napa, Calif., when a wind-whipped wildfire engulfed the property, causing the roof to cave in and the windows to explode, leaving the couple trapped inside. (Read more from “Couple Wed 75 Years Among California Wildfire Victims” HERE)

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Two Young Boys Rush Into Burning House to Save Babies Lives

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Two Florida boys, aged 10 and 11, rushed into a burning home to rescue two babies.

Isaiah Francis, 10, and 11-year-old Jeremiah Grimes were playing video games when they smelled smoke and realized that their neighbor’s house was on fire.

The two boys told My Fox Orlando that the father of the children was outside trying to find water. Isaiah and Jeremiah asked him if there were any kids inside, and he told them they were in the kitchen.

The young boys ran into the home, grabbing an infant and a one-and-a-half year old. They then called 911, and firefighters rescued an additional two children upon arrival. (Read more from “Two Young Boys Rush Into Burning House to Save Babies Lives” HERE)

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