Dog barks family to safety in South Korea apartment fire

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The familys pomeranian, Mongsil, was the first to sense the fire and barked loudly to wake up the rest of the family.

PHOTO: CHANGWON FIRE HEADQUARTERS

SEOUL - A nine-year-old dog alerted its family to a fire that broke out in their home early on the morning of July 9 in the city of Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province, according to the Changwon Fire Headquarters on July 10.

The fire occurred at around 3.37am (2.37am, Singapore time) at the family’s ninth-floor home in an apartment complex in the city’s Jinhae district.

Their pomeranian, Mongsil, was the first to sense the fire and barked loudly to wake up the rest of the family.

The family found that their kimchi refrigerator had caught fire and put out the flames with a fire extinguisher.

The fire caused about 100,000 won (S$93) in damages to the fridge and a nearby drawer.

“Thanks to the dog detecting the fire early and alerting the family, and the resident using the fire extinguisher to quickly put out the fire, they were able to avoid substantial damage,” local fire officials said. THE KOREA HERALD/ASIA NEWS NETWORK