I don't know if this has been posted before. Sorry in advance if it has.I'm still in shock just from watching a live feed video of it all as it is happening. Put tears in my eyes.:(It is a 'very long' video (be patient and watch the entire video) captured on a permanent dash cam on a fellow campers MH, but it shows an RV unknowingly start to burn and what 3 fellow campers did after miraculously turning and seeing it on the dash cam to run and put out the fire and they did save the dog trapped in side.Incredible video and lastly the pictures of the inside damage due to the fire is shocking.JUST AMAZING. And it goes without saying just what can happen to our RV's and also the question of leaving pets alone in an RV.Scroll down to 'Outside Bubble' and click it for video:http://www.irv2.com/blog/2015/11/good-samaritan-rvers-save-dog-from-burning-rig/Scroll down to Dog's Tale RV Heorismhttp://www.outsideourbubble.com/rv-fire-a-dogs-tale-an-act-of-rver-heroismKUDO's to those campers that didn't think twice about running to try and put out the fire of a fellow RV'ers coach and try and save the dog they knew was inside. :C

If my Collies are in the RV I never lock the door. What good does a sign do if they can't get to it.Glad the people chose to get involved, it would have had a different outcome had they not. I guess what really makes my blood boil is how long they have been making these defective refrigerators.

Save my pet sign to me, means at any cost! Bust the window, crow bar the door, what ever. I lock my RV, and wouldn't care what you did trying to save my dog. I wonder if the recall fix were done on his fridge?

I'm glad it had a happy ending.

We always have pets in the fifth wheel. How about the stick home, should I box up the three cats and load up the two dogs in the middle of the summer when i leave?Above is my defense for having pets in an unoccupied RV.Anyhow we never lock the RV if it has critters in it. A chance we take for the animals that are a part of the family.

There are some folks in the media who get labeled "heroes" - and I just scratch my head. Meanwhile, TRUE heroes like the folks who fought this fire, made sure the fire department found them?? Standing ovation! THESE are heroes (especially to that poor dog!)

RV on Fire and dog trapped inside | Good Sam Community

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coolbreeze01
Explorer
Dec 12, 2015
I've always felt empathy for people and pets living in fire traps. Good luck.
CavemanCharlie
Explorer III
Dec 12, 2015
irishtom29 wrote:
Deb and Ed M wrote:
There are some folks in the media who get labeled "heroes" - and I just scratch my head.

Achilles was a hero, you know, like when he killed Hector and then tied the corpse to the back of his car and dragged it around the walls of Troy.

Lost me. I'm not up on this particular Greek myth. If that is what you are talking about. If it is , when the the Greeks get cars ?
irishtom29
Explorer
Dec 12, 2015
Deb and Ed M wrote:
There are some folks in the media who get labeled "heroes" - and I just scratch my head.

Achilles was a hero, you know, like when he killed Hector and then tied the corpse to the back of his car and dragged it around the walls of Troy.
Need-A-Vacation
Explorer
Dec 07, 2015
Just awesome what they did to keep the fire under control!!!
TriumphGuy
Explorer
Dec 05, 2015
rockhillmanor wrote:
We have all seen pictures of MH's that have burned and all that is left is an eerie shell if that.

I was impressed that these people managed to not let that happen to the guys's MH. They stayed on top of it until the FD was on scene.

Had they not did what they did and just waited for the fire department that MH would have looked like all those other horrific pictures we've seen, i.e. 'nothing' left.

Ditto. What a terrific job on what could have been far worse.

I'm still nervous about all rv refrigerators.
Turtle_n_Peeps
Explorer
Dec 04, 2015
Wow! That made me cry. Thanks Rock!
The guy that is talking should be on radio.
rockhillmanor
Explorer II
Dec 04, 2015
We have all seen pictures of MH's that have burned and all that is left is an eerie shell if that.

I was impressed that these people managed to not let that happen to the guys's MH. They stayed on top of it until the FD was on scene.

Had they not did what they did and just waited for the fire department that MH would have looked like all those other horrific pictures we've seen, i.e. 'nothing' left.
jwmII
Explorer
Dec 04, 2015
Yep! Definitely a refrigerator caused fire. I wonder if that country RV mechanic down in Texas has seen this? Probly not, cause RV fridges don't have problems just those from a S&B cause problems.

Those folks who responded deserve a big steak dinner for the job they did. And saving the dog was the icing on the cake.
CavemanCharlie
Explorer III
Dec 03, 2015
Nice story with a happy ending. I'm glad there were people around there to help.

I leave my dog in my TT in a kennel when I go places. I can't take him with on a hot summer day he would quickly get over heated in the pickup. It is a risk but, so would be leaving him at home.
colliehauler
Explorer III
Dec 03, 2015
Valkyriebush wrote:
Save my pet sign to me, means at any cost! Bust the window, crow bar the door, what ever. I lock my RV, and wouldn't care what you did trying to save my dog. I wonder if the recall fix were done on his fridge?
Not everyone carries a crowbar and the Rv was engulfed in 12 minutes. Buy the time it takes to get tools and pry open a door or brake a window your pet will most likely be expired.

I hope neither of us has to deal with that situation. My Collies are the most important thing I have in my RV and usually they go with me when I leave to go somewhere.