This brave dog saved her week old puppies from a raging forest fire in Chile by digging a hole for them to hide. The dog who has now been named ” Blacky ” dug a hole beneath a metal container as a last resort to save her puppies as the intense fire ripped through the forest and firefighters were struggling to contain it near the city of Valparaiso
As the brave firefighters battled the flames, residents told them they saw a dog taking her puppies away from the fire and bury them under a metal container to protect them
The rescuers searched for the puppies and shortly after found all nine of them alive and well. The picture below shows the volunteers digging and rescuing the tiny pups from under the metal container
One of the men that were involved in the rescue said ” They were all alive and healthy ” a number of locals came forward and offered the puppies a loving home along with their mother
On a sadder note, at least one person was killed in the fire, Officials said they would charge an owner of an illegal landfill site there the fire is believed to have started
Source: Dailymail