Fire officials in Fort Collins are reminding residents not to go back into a burning building to save animals after people have done just that twice in two weeks.
The first incident happened July 5 when a 21-unit apartment building on Stover Street caught fire. Four units were destroyed.
A resident ran back inside to get his turtle and was almost trapped by smoke.
The second incident occurred Saturday, when a fire started in the garage of a house on Woodcrest Court.
Four people and four pets were inside, the Poudre Fire Authority said in a news release. The residents evacuated, but a man went back in for his Labrador retriever and both became trapped. Firefighters rescued them.
In both cases, “the occupants were lucky to come out alive,” the fire authority said. When a fire starts, people need to “get out and stay out.”
