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May 28, 2008

Two dogs saved from Remington fire

When Charles Krout heard from his neighbor that his house in Remington was burning, he had only one request -- save his pets.

Apparently Rex Cox did just that -- entering the rear of Krout's home as firefighters arrived at the front, shattering a window with a hammer to get in and leading Krout's two dogs to safety.

Firefighters extinguished yesterday's fire quickly. When Krout and his wife arrived, they were reunited with their two dogs: Kid, a 4-year-old German shepherd; and Tara, a 6-year-old golden retriever.

"They're my babies," Krout said, adding that they had found only one of their two cats. Battalion Chief Steve Canter said he believed the second cat escaped but had not yet been found in the neighborhood.

To see the video shot by Gus Sentementes, click here.

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About Jill Rosen
Jill Rosen is a reporter at The Baltimore Sun. During her nearly 20 years in journalism, she has covered news and features — including a surprising number of stories that involved animals. There were the dog Christmas carolers in State College, Pa. There were the hounds who toured with a production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The story of a preschool teacher at Baltimore’s Father Kolbe School who had to replace her class guinea pig, who died over the winter holiday. A harrowing tale of what it was like to make homemade pet food ...

Though her clean freak of a mother refused to allow her to get a dog, she has had a number of pets through the years, including goldfish named Bob and Fingle, a betta fish named Ichabod, a wild rat terrier named Wendel, who she shared with a roommate, and, currently, sweet, sweet kitties named Leo Sesame and Milo Pumpkin and a little rescued pup named Teddy Bean. She, Leo, Pumpkin and Teddy Bean live in Baltimore.
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