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CINCINNATI, Ohio — A dog is fighting for her life after apparently trying in vain to protect her owner from the choking smoke which engulfed their home in Ohio.
Vets at the CARE Center veterinary hospital in Cincinnati said Monday in a written statement that Carmen, a nine-year-old boxer, was “still on very intensive ventilator support,” but her badly damaged lungs seemed to be improving slowly.
Firefighters responded to the blaze in Goshen Township, they found Benjamin Ledford unconscious in the basement with his dog Carmen laying across his face, seemingly trying to shield her owner from the heat and toxic fumes. Carmen was also unconscious, but rescuers were able to bring her around. Ledford was rushed to hospital but was pronounced dead after arrival, according to CBS affiliate WKRC.
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