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WALLINGTON,
N. J. (USA) — Rose Marie Montagna gathered up her dog
and escaped unharmed as her basement went up in flames last week. The
problem was that her second dog, "Spike", a 15-pound,
15-year-old, deaf, blind Cockapoo, didn't follow them out.
Rescue teams restrained the woman from rushing
back into her Jordan Avenue home as it burned on Saturday morning,
Nov. 23, shortly before 8:00.
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"Mmm, what's cooking? Smells like hot
dog."
A blind, deaf Cockapoo was trapped inside a burning house last
week. Luckily, Officer Wyzykowski of the Wallington Police
Department saved the day.
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But rather than allow the pooch to perish, Police Officer Mark
Wyzykowski braved the flames himself and dashed into the burning
house to save Spike.
"The dog is 15 years old, he's blind, and he can't
hear," says Ms. Montagna. "I wanted to go in and get
him, but the cops said I couldn't.
"So one officer went in, and he came back out with Spike in
his arms. I just couldn't believe it. There was nothing
but smoke. I don't know how he saw anything in there. And my
poor dog, he's like an old person that can't see or hear."
More than a dozen fire trucks arrived to battle the flames that
destroyed the kitchen, bathroom and spare room in the basement of
the home. The cause of the fire is presently under
investigation, says Wallington Police Chief Ray Milne.
Ms. Montagna told the North
Jersey Record that she awoke Saturday morning and noticed
that the air seemed hazy. After going downstairs to the main
floor, she saw smoke and evacuated the house with one dog. By
that time, the flames had already consumed many of her belongings, but
Ms. Montagna's only concern was for her trapped pooch.
Officer Wyzykowski suffered minor smoke inhalation during the
rescue, and one firefighter was treated at the hospital for an
electrical shock, but otherwise, all humans and all dogs survived
the incident without serious injury.
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Little Dogs, Big Fires
 In
March 2001, a nine-pound, deaf, blind Yorkshire Terrier was lost and
presumed dead in a fatal blaze that destroyed a row of four apartments in
Rome, NY. Eight hours later, as demolition crews began tearing down
the charred structure, "Tess"
quietly stepped out the front door, completely intact and unscathed (photo: Scott
Gwilt / Rome Sentinel).
No one knows how she managed to survive.
(If you think humans are the only ones who have guardian angels, guess
again!)
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