Dog barks family to safety in South Korea apartment fire


The family's pomeranian, Mongsil, was the first to sense the fire and barked loudly to wake up the rest of the family. - 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 Wednesday (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 local time at the family’s ninth-floor home in an apartment complex in the city’s Jinhae district.

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