Here's another story about dogs alerting their owners to a house fire, our of our sister paper in Vallejo:
Two dogs may be credited for saving their owners' lives after waking them when their house filled with smoke from a fire, a Vallejo firefighter said. ..."The couple was sleeping in the house and the dogs woke them" and they found the house full of smoke, (Acting Fire Capt. Todd) Swanson said ...
The house was a complete loss, but the two residents and their dogs escaped unharmed.