Maryland Woman Hurt Trying to Rescue Dogs From Fire

    Dec. 7, 2004
    A woman who rushed into her burning town house to try and rescue her two dogs was hospitalized for smoke inhalation, authorities said Tuesday. Both dogs died.
    GERMANTOWN, Md. (AP) -- A woman who rushed into her burning town house to try and rescue her two dogs was hospitalized for smoke inhalation, authorities said Tuesday. Both dogs died.

    A firefighter suffered a leg injury battling the fire, which gutted the home, doing as much as $350,000 in damage according to Capt. Oscar Garcia, a spokesman for the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Department.

    The cause is under investigation, but Garcia said it apparently started in the kitchen area.

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