Fla. woman says barking dog saved her from blaze

[June 09, 2009]  GROVELAND, Fla. (AP) -- A Florida woman's barking dog saved her from a fire at her home.

Lillian Miller, 58, thought her Chihuahua mix Spaz just needed to go outside when he started barking around 3 a.m. Saturday. She took him out, but when she returned to her mobile home in Groveland she saw flames coming from her living room window.

"He must have heard the fire alarm, but she couldn't hear it because she didn't have her hearing aids in," said her mother, Eudora Miller.

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Information from: Orlando Sentinel, http://www.orlandosentinel.com/

[Associated Press]

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