DAVIE — An 88-year-old woman’s dog woke her up early Friday morning, saving her life from the fire that later engulfed her home. But the dog that saved her didn’t make it.
All three of Beverly Murphy’s dogs were killed in the fire that destroyed her mobile home near Southwest Eighth Street and 130th Avenue in Davie, according to family and media reports.
When one of the dogs woke Murphy up, she smelled the smoke, her son, Charles Murphy, said in a text to the Sun Sentinel. When she got up, she saw the fire in her kitchen. She and a family friend who lived with her made it out of the house with some minor smoke inhalation.
But her three dogs didn’t make it out. The home was left entirely hollowed out.
In a GoFundMe post, Murphy wrote that she had lost everything.
“Hello I’m Beverly I lost everything this morning due to a fire,” the post read. “I’m 88 years old would appreciate any help lost my 3 dogs in fire too thank you.”
Beverly Murphy is now staying with a friend.
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