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Hillsborough County firefighters save three dogs from two fires in one day

One fire burned through an apartment building. The other tore through a home.
Credit: Hillsborough County Fire Rescue

TAMPA, Fla — First, a fire destroyed four apartments and left four more unlivable.

Hillsborough County Fire Rescue responded Tuesday morning to a building in Tampa. Firefighters say no one at the Palms at Ashley Oaks Apartments in the 1700 block of East 131st Ave. was hurt when flames ripped through the attic.

Firefighters did find and rescue a small dog that was home alone in a crate as smoke filled an apartment. 

Then, crews were called out to a house fire in the Town 'n' Country area.

Firefighters say a woman and her two dogs were trapped inside. They quickly got the woman out and found her dogs in the kitchen.

The dogs were unconscious, so firefighters used a specially-designed oxygen mask to revive them.

Hillsborough County Fire Rescue says the causes of the fires are being investigated.

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