Sparky the puppy聽 (Image: Facebook/Tintaldra Hotel)
A man is being hailed a hero after he helped a puppy recover from burn injuries after it lost its home to the bushfires in Australia.
Sparky鈥檚 owners were watching a fire from their home on the outskirts of the town of Tintaldra on Jan. 4, when things took a turn for the worse, as per The Australian聽on Jan. 8.聽
When the flames suddenly swept toward their home, fire officials arrived and urged Carolina Wild, her husband Michael, her brother and kids鈥揝ummer, 2, and Logan, 4鈥搕o evacuate.
鈥淲e got in the car, and when we got out and passed the firemen I go, 鈥極h, the dog鈥�,鈥� Carolina was quoted as saying.
鈥淲e can鈥檛 go back, not with the kids,鈥� Michael replied, after seeing the flames getting stronger. 鈥淚t鈥檚 finished.鈥�
According to the report, the Wilds鈥� residence had been burned down within minutes. After evacuating, the family stayed in a nearby hotel while their father and Carolina鈥檚 brother helped keep the flames at bay.
The morning after, the family returned to their burned home, with Michael stating that the 鈥渉ouse is like a bomb went off, everything was black.鈥�
鈥淎nd this little bloody dog just appeared around the corner, limping on his little burnt feet with his little burnt nose and looking up at us 鈥� we were all just: 鈥極h my God!鈥欌�� Michael explained.
鈥淗e ran off and must have found one good hiding place!鈥� Tintaldra Hotel, where the Wilds were staying in, said in its Facebook post on Jan. 6.
They immediately brought Sparky to the hotel, where its owner, Darren Jones, treated the puppy鈥檚 burn injuries.聽
鈥淗e had burnt whiskers and burnt feet, so we got him back here and put his feet in some cold water,鈥� Jones said in the report. 鈥淲e got some burn gel and wrapped him up, and he鈥檚 all right.鈥�
Amid the ongoing bushfires affecting Australia, the hotel owner noted that the puppy鈥檚 story was 鈥渏ust what people need.鈥�
鈥淚nstead of just seeing 颅tragedy after tragedy,鈥� he explained, 鈥渢hey need to be reminded that there鈥檚 a bit of hope out there.鈥澛� Ryan Arcadio /ra
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