Fire Destroys Belleville Family's Home
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Photo courtesy of the Belleville Fire Department
On Sunday July 14, 2019, the family of Amanda Popenfus was awakened by their dog, Waylan, who alerted them to a fire in the home.
In an interview with NBC-15, Amanda Popenfus said of the 3-year-old Lab, Mastiff and Cane Corso mix, "I rescued him, he rescued me." Popenfus added that there was not any smoke in the house at the time Waylan woke them.
"A dog's sense of smell is exponentially greater than the human's sense of smell," says Chanse Kaczmarski, Deputy Fire Chief with the Belleville Volunteer Fire Department. "So that dog could probably smell that fire burning long before any huma...
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