A woman has praised her dog for keeping her and her family safe after saving their lives out of a house blaze. Liu Ruihua, from Chifeng of Inner Mongolia in northern China, and her family were sleeping when their heater in the kitchen went faulty on Tuesday.
Luckily, she was alerted by her tiny mongrel, named Maodou, and managed to escape before the fire melted the roof and engulfed the house.
Footage taken after the tragic accident by Ms Liu shows the ruins of the house as she walks around and steps over the charred woods She thanks Maodou and says: "This little dog saved my life, scratching and knocking on the door. "This is the dog.
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