A woman was trapped in a house fire. Her dog helped save her life.
David Hoffman was running errands when he got a frantic phone call that his home was on fire. His disabled wife Melissa Hoffman and their pets were trapped inside.
The call was from his daughter-in-law, Ingrid Hoffman, who said she tried to get Melissa out of her bedroom, but the heat and smoke were so intense she had to flee. David, 69, rushed to his home in Citrus Heights, Calif., that morning, Aug. 15, and saw the duplex in flames. He started to run inside to Melissa.
“It was so smoky and hot, it blew me back,” said David, explaining that Melissa, 64, had a stroke earlier this year and is unable to walk.
He didn’t know then that Melissa had reached for her wheelchair and fell to the floor, and their dog, Maya, was lying on top of her — which rescue workers said helped save her life.
“I broke open the back window and started spraying water inside from our garden hose,” David said. “The whole time, I was shouting at Melissa to keep talking to me, that we were going to get her out.”
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