Illinois dog alerts 4 adults to a house fire before dawn, then is rescued, unharmed

Illinois dog alerts 4 adults to a house fire before dawn, then is rescued, unharmed

An Illinois family escaped a house fire before dawn, thanks to an unlikely first responder: their dog. Early on July 28, the family's dog roused the four adults inside the house, allowing them to get out ahead of responding crews. What happened? Moline firefighters arrived roughly four minutes after a 2:46 a.m. call and found flames pushing through the front of a two-story, single-family home in the 900 block of 16th Street, according to a depar…