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Man Saved From Fire By Dogs

244 views · Published 25 April 2012 · 1:33 · Indexed 22 September 2026

Channel: FOX NASHVILLE · 2012 · News & Politics

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A Lewisburg man says his dogs woke him up just  as fire was spreading through his mobile home.Doyce Mitchell says he is a heavy sleeper- so when smoke began to fill his mobile home- he never woke up.    That is until his dogs came to the rescue. Just before 7 Monday morning Doyce Mitchell says his electrical box caught on fire.         Unaware his home was filling up with smoke his three Jack Russell Terriers jumped on his bed and pulled and barked until he woke up.     He says his home was three quarters filled with smoke when he finally got up and out.     While he says his mobile home is a total loss- he says everything was not lost...     Doyce Mitchell says, "Lost everything but me and my boys I could care less about everything else glad me and the boys got out."Mitchell was able to save a coat and three precious family photos.    He says he plans to get rid of his mobile home and build a home in it's place.

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