Dog trapped in burning vehicle now safe, thanks to quick-thinking US Amazon driver

Ruhe reached inside the vehicle from the passenger side door to unlock the rear passenger door. Ruhe said the man was then able to open the rear door and grab the dog. Everyone rushed off to the side before the flames intensified. — Image by fabrikasimf on Freepik

An Amazon delivery driver is being called a hero after he helped save a dog from a car fire in Merced.

Delivery driver Ervin Ruhe Jr., 49, of Modesto, had just helped a colleague finish deliveries for the day. He was headed back to the delivery station when he came across a vehicle on fire on the side of the road near West 16th Street and Highway 99 last Monday evening.