Early last Friday morning, a Georgia family escaped a house fire after their pet rabbit, Coco, woke them up by thumping and jumping as the smoke detectors went off. Homeowner Erlene Rivera says she got up when she heard Coco and quickly rushed to wake her sister and 92-year-old mother. Rivera says the bunny was the first one she carried outside, still in his cage.
Fire crews say the blaze started on the back porch, where the family had gathered the previous day for Thanksgiving. Battalion Chief Keven Cavanaugh says that the fire likely started from a small warming fire the family thought they had fully put out in a metal barrel on the wooden deck.
The family adopted Coco when they bought their home years ago and found him under the property during renovations. That rabbit became their family pet and, in this case, their protector, by warning them just in time to save themselves and their Christmas gifts. Rivera is calling Coco their little guardian angel.
Source: WSB TV