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A Florida dog passed his life to prevent the deaths of his entire household in a house fire.
It was 2am( GMT-4) on Tuesday morning( September 17 ). The Butler family were fast asleep in their home in Bradenton, when a flame broke out in their attic.
As the flame spread through the family’s home, alarm systems did ring- but simply for a short while.
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As reported by Fox 13, dwelling proprietor Leroy Butler said π TAGEND
It only lasted a short’ beep beep’ and then it was already on fire. It was gone.
The blaze raged on, eating furniture and setting the ceiling alight- and the family were none the wiser, after their faulty alarm stopped.
Enter the superhero: Zippy the dog. Sensing the peril around him, he ran around the house, barking like crazy, in a bid to alarm their own families to the fire.
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Butler clarified:
He was back and forth. He was from bunked to bed, back and forth.
The Jack Russell Terrier was determined and continued to run back through the inferno to try and get his family out of the house.
The Bradenton Fire Department said the fire spread from the attic, near the air conditioning unit- however, the roots of the fire is still unknown.
Fortunately, all the family get out.’ They wouldn’t move. All they could do was scream and holler,’ No! No! No !’ Butler said.
Their family home is now a loss. Leroy and their own children interred Zippy this morning @FOX13News #Bradenton pic.twitter.com/ AS7sAdb12i
— Kim Kuizon FOX 13 (@ kkuizon) September 17, 2019
There was one member missing: Zippy. Leroy tried to go back in to get him, but the fire had become too large.
Butler clarified π TAGEND
The floor in the living room was all on fire so there was nowhere for him to run out. Even if the smoking was this high. He was a short little dog. There was nowhere for him to go.
He had no choice but to wait for the firefighters to extinguish the fire. When they finally got to Zippy, it was too late- the smoking had killed him.
Tragically, the family are now without their residence, their bird-dog and any photos to remember the good times they had together.
Leroy Butler surveys the damage to his parent’s home in Bradenton. A fire broke out around 2. When the smoke alarm died, their bird-dog proceeded room to room to make sure the family was up. Unfortunately Zippy didn’t make it. The burn trapped him in the home @FOX13News #Bradenton pic.twitter.com/ lJ3Yv4WCvW
— Kim Kuizon FOX 13 (@ kkuizon) September 17, 2019
Butler added π TAGEND
We adopted him as a pet, so we can only, I are simply say he was a good dog. He simply did what he could.
He would let me know if someone was outside. With the smoking, he still did his position. That’s just one thing and one person that I couldn’t save and one person I couldn’t get to.
A good boy right till the very end. Rest easy, Zippy.
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