Fire crews rescue 18 puppies from burning house
HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP — A firefighter from the West Trenton Fire Company emerged from the side of a smokey house last night carrying his helmet upside down in his hands.
Rushing to a contingent of area firefighters huddled together on the front lawn, he reached into his hat and pulled out a newborn puppy smaller than the palm of his hand.
The puppy was just one of 16 that fire crews saved from the basement of a burning home in the 2300 block of Pennington Road last night. Crews set up a makeshift animal hospital and kennel on the front lawn, using special canine oxygen masks to aid dogs being removed from the home and later putting them in crates.
Pennington Fire Chief Jim DeForte, who served as incident commander, said that the fire began in one room of the house and created a lot of smoke.
While the two occupants of the house were able to make it out safely and 15 puppies were rescued and transported to local veterinary hospitals, one dog died of suspected smoke inhalation, DeForte said. That dog was not with the others in the basement, he said.
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Some of the puppies were only 2 weeks old and fit completely into the oxygen masks.
HEROES! 
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WHERE is that smilie you use when you're crying and smiling at the same time??????? I need it!
Good on whoever made the decision that they should have them. 
