When Jackie and Iam Heys of the UK went out for dinner, a fire broke out in their home around 7pm. The roof and most of the house was destroyed, but they managed to save a box of mementoes of their only daughter who had died of a rare cancer when she was eight-years-old.
They were able to save two of their Chihuahuas, but they were sure that Lily had died in the fire.
However Lily had scrambled into a kitchen cupboard and hid for 15 hours under a blanket as the fire raged through the bungalow.
The next morning they asked a fireman to retrieve her body.
Mrs. Heys said,
…he walked towards us with her in his arms and she moved. He’d found her in the kitchen cupboard. She was as black as coal. I held her and cuddled her, then she went up to the fireman and started jumping up at him, almost as if to say thank you.
Out of all this tragedy, she is the miracle. She’s risen from the ashes. We’re going to call her Lily Phoenix now. The story
Chihuahuas and cockroaches...but in a good way.
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Great story. We "lost" out Beagle Graham one time, searching everywhere for her for hours. She was in the kitchen cupboard, quiet as a mouse the entire time.
Posted by: YesBiscuit! | December 29, 2011 at 05:28 PM
Another amazing and wonderful dog! One of Liz's farmers way up in the North Country lost their barn and all their cows to an arson fire last week. the only animals saved were were two kittens and a dog. One kitten climbed the silo and was saved from her frozen perch by a fire fighter. The dog in turn was one of the cat loving kind. It itself out of the barn carrying its favorite kitten and jumped into the back of the house through a window...or so the farmer's wife told Liz.
Posted by: threecollie | December 30, 2011 at 03:59 AM
What a great ending!
Posted by: Jodi | December 30, 2011 at 06:03 AM
Amazing.
Posted by: Heather | December 30, 2011 at 09:32 AM
oh man.. a doggie miracle..how great is that.
Posted by: jackie | December 30, 2011 at 07:56 PM
HOW on earth? that really was a miracle.
it's 2012 here already! so i'm dropping by to wish you A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR! :) x
Posted by: georgia little pea | December 31, 2011 at 07:58 AM
That's really fantastic!
God be praised for her survival... He must have given her a new life.
Posted by: plumbing | February 16, 2012 at 08:35 PM