“Never seen anything like it”: Man runs into inferno to save pet dogs
A Perth man has faced danger head on after running back into his burning house to save his pet dogs.
He and his mum escaped from the fire at their Winthrop home about 5.30pm on Tuesday.
When they realised their two beloved dogs were still inside, the man ran back towards danger and emerged not long after with a dog in each arm.
The fire started in the garage and spread throughout the whole house within minutes.
“I’ve never seen anything like it before, it went up so quickly,” Winthrop resident Phoebe told 7NEWS.
“Everybody was very sombre because it was very sad.”
Now, the family has lost a lifetime of memories on top of an accident the mother faced just four months ago after she was run over by a car.
“She’s a really lovely lady and she just came out of hospital,” neighbour Grace said.
“She just wanted to come back, relax in her house and start her life again and then this happened.”
Firefighters had managed to stop the fire from spreading to neighbouring homes, although the cause is yet to be determined.
“Due to the ferocity of the fire the houses on either side were at risk so the firefighters did a fantastic job to contain it,” fire investigator Stuart Parks said.
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