MOORHEAD (KFGO) – Some dogs are so acutely aware of fire that they can become a person’s best fire detector.
Moorhead Fire Department Battalion Chief Justin Rosenfeldt says that appears to be the case when a man’s dogs alerted their owner to a fire that damaged a home in the Oakport neighborhood of North Moorhead early Wednesday. The dogs sensed smoke coming from the basement. The man saw the smoke, called 9-1-1, and he and the dogs got out safely.
Firefighters got a quick knockdown and were able to confine the fire to the basement of the one-story home. There was significant fire and smoke damage on the lower level.
The home is located at 6400 1st Street North, a short distance off of Wall Street, and was reported at about 12:45 a.m.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
