Lillian Miller, A hearing-impaired woman from Florida, thought her dog wanted to go outside when he start barking at 3AM , she took the dog out and saw flames coming out of the window of her mobile house. Since it was early morning, she had removed her  hearing aids and couldn’t hear the fire alarm.

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Canadian woman left her home on Friday’s ice storm and didn’t come back, after three days of searching she was found on Monday afternoon thanks to a dog’s sense of smell. The temperature was 15C below zero (5F) and the woman survived the extreme conditions although she was dressed only with light coat.

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