WAREHAM, MASS. (WHDH) - An off-duty officer rushed to rescue a dog of a Friday that was trapped inside a burning mobile home in Onset.
Officer Chris Corner of the Wareham Police Department broke down the door to the mobile home at Silver Lake Mobile Home Park and rescued the family’s German shepherd, according to Chief Walcyk.
“The people outside told me there was a dog, I couldn’t see the dog till he was a foot in front of me,” Corner said
Under those intense conditions, he said the dog would have been overcome in moments.
” It wouldn’t have lasted long,” he said.
Wareham Officer Chris Corner walks out of a trailer after going in a second time to check if anyone was inside. The first time he saved a dog. You can hear neighbors ask the officer if he’s okay. @7News pic.twitter.com/8ahRvMlXBH
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Corner entered the burning structure a second time to make sure no one was trapped inside.
Thankfully, no one else was home at the time and there were no reported injuries.
After his second time in danger, Corner turned his attention to the people inside neighboring trailers and urged them to flee.
Two people have been displaced as a result of the blaze.
While the trailer was destroyed, Corner said he is just happy he was able to save a life.
” I was lucky he was friendly,” he said.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
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