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UnionLeader.com - New Hampshire news - Firefighters save girl's dog and her prom - Sunday, May. 18, 2008:
Alexandra Shaw lost her Fitzwilliam house, including her prom dress, in a fire that nearly claimed her dog yesterday.
Firefighters took a vote at the fire scene and agreed to donate money so Shaw could buy a new dress and attend last night's senior prom at Monadnock Regional High School in Swanzey.
"Her boyfriend picked her up and they went to the prom," Assistant Fire Chief Ed Mattson said. "She looked very nice (in the black dress)."
Firefighters first were alerted for smoke then a brush fire before they discovered the house at 29 Westminster Drive fully involved around 12:30 p.m.
No one was home at the time, and firefighters couldn't save the split-level home.
Firefighters found the family's dog, a black Labrador retriever, inside the home and initially thought the dog had died.
"We put cold water on it," Mattson said. "We gave the dog some oxygen."
The dog moved its head and was doing fine last night.
Firefighters didn't want Shaw to miss her prom.
"We had a quick meeting outside the house," he said. " 'We need to send this lady to the prom.' "