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Ill. firefighters save dog from house fire

Firefighters visited Auggie at an animal hospital a few hours later and he was jumping and playing

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SWANSEA, Ill. — Swansea Firefighters pushed and pulled an unconscious yellow labrador retriever out of a burning home on Bassen Drive early Tuesday morning and saved his life.

The dog, Auggie, was found unresponsive on a bathroom floor where he was confined when firefighters searched the home at 4069 Bassen Drive just after 2 a.m. Tuesday.

When firefighters arrived they found the two-story home filled with heavy smoke and fire visible on the first floor. The Northwest Fire Department assisted Swansea in extinguishing the fire.

Full story: ‘We had to carry him out': Swansea firefighters revive yellow lab found in burning home