Man ignores firefighters and tries to save his dog (Video)

Firefighters were hosing down a property engulfed in flames in Pala, San Diego, when a frantic Jose Guzman rushed onto the scene – his house on fire. The Southern California man ran into his home to rescue his dog. The shocking footage shows Jose ignoring firefighters who tried to stop him as they battled the massive blaze. Jose’s decision to risk his life has been praised by dog-lovers around the world after a video of the rescue went viral. The moment was captured on film by his landlord’s son-in-law, Adam Guzman, who is not related to Jose.

In the footage, Jose can be seen running in, despite protests from the firefighters. As the firemen huddle, apparently discussing whether to go in after him, Guzman emerges with his beloved pit bull, about 30 seconds after charging into the flames.‘’When I ran through curtain of fire where my van was and fence, I didn’t know what was behind that.’’ said Jose. ‘’I knew my dog was here, I knew she was here. I ran through here tried to stay in the middle this was going, this was on fire, I couldn’t see anything.’’ Guzman said Gabbana was hiding behind the toilet and it took him a matter of seconds to get her out of the house.   

He disappear behind a wall of smoke and flames

He added: ‘’All I wanted was to get my dog, I came in here, I didn’t hesitate, I just, I had to get her, she’s part of the family. There’s nothing that survived, nothing, all our savings were here. Me and family would’ve been destroyed, we love that dog, I’m sure there’s people that would do the same thing.’’ Jose and his family lose almost all their possessions, including the tools that Jose uses for work. But fortunately no one was hurt and the community is helping the family through GoFundMe. Watch the video, the man sprint past the fire crew—hesitate for a moment—and then disappear behind a wall of smoke and flames.

Video shows Guzman leading the dog to safety. As he walks by the camera, he checks his arm for burns.

“Ow!” Guzman calls out as he looks at his arm, while someone says “Hey, he got hurt, man!”

Source: www.holidogtimes.com