Another heroic dog

Let's see, dogs are man's best friend, the ultimate companion, and now we learn they can also be a useful fire detector. A New Jersey family was saved because their dog Toby, a Norweigan elkhound, started barking like crazy from his crate downstairs. The family's dad woke up to investigate the barking, saw the smoke and got the family and dogs out of harm's way. The two family cats weren't so lucky.

Dog's barking alert's family to fire in home [North Brunswick Sentinel]
Newly adopted dogs alert family to fire [Asbury Park Press]