Firefighters carried a dog named Barkley out of an Irvine apartment fire
Neighbors fought the flames with extinguishers. Orange County Fire Authority crews then searched the unit and rescued Barkley. The fire did not spread.
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Neighbors fought an apartment fire in Irvine with extinguishers, and Orange County Fire Authority crews then searched the unit and carried out a dog named Barkley, NBC Los Angeles reported. The fire stayed in that apartment and did not spread to the others. The account is about Barkley's rescue and about the flames being kept from the rest of the building.
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