Dog Saved From Fire Revived After 20 Minutes

He needed mouth-to-snout resuscitation
By Newser Editors and Wire Services
Posted Mar 24, 2017 12:57 AM CDT
Dog Saved From Fire Revived After 20 Minutes
In this photo released by dog owner Crystal Lamirande, Santa Monica firefighter Andrew Klein holds Nalu in Santa Monica, Calif., on Thursday.   (Crystal Lamirande via AP)

California firefighters who spent 20 minutes performing mouth-to-snout resuscitation on a dog they rescued from a burning apartment are being hailed as heroes. The dog's owner, Crystal Lamirande, had just returned to her Santa Monica apartment Tuesday when a neighbor yelled there was a fire, the AP reports. Lamirande says she frantically tried to save her dog, a 10-year-old bichon frise/Shih Tzu named Nalu, but the smoke was too thick.

Moments later as firefighters arrived, she told them about Nalu. They quickly got the fire under control and pulled the lifeless dog from a bedroom. Firefighter Andrew Klein spent 20 minutes bringing the dog back to life with CPR and a pet oxygen mask as her tearful owner watched. Lamirande says the pooch spent the next 24 hours in an oxygen chamber and is doing well. (This Canadian cop plunged into a freezing lake to save a dog.)

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