Fire Crew Rescues 10 Bulldogs from Burning Home

-By Bay City News

Firefighters rescued 10 bulldogs from a burning Concord home Friday night, fire officials said Saturday.

Fire crews responded to a one-alarm fire at a house in the 3500 block of Hillsborough Drive in Concord around 7 p.m., according to officials from the Contra Costa Fire Protection District.

The first engine crew on the scene arrived to find light smoke coming from the home's roof and smoke filling part of the house, Fire Marshal Lewis Broschard said.

Firefighters quickly located a stovetop fire and extinguished it before it could spread much farther, the fire marshal said.

As they were evacuating smoke from the house, fire personnel also found 10 bulldogs in individual cages, he said.

The firefighters quickly carried the dogs out of the house and onto the driveway. Broschard said the fire response came just in time for the animals.

"A few more minutes and chance are the smoke would have gotten all the way to the floor, and made it unlivable for the dogs," he said.

No injuries were reported.Fire personnel determined the blaze was caused by something on or near the kitchen stove.