SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA — A dog nearly died in a house fire, but was promptly brought back from the brink thanks to one firefighter’s mouth-to-snout rescue. <br /> <br />KABC reports that after coming home to find her Santa Monica apartment burning on Tuesday afternoon, Crystal Lamirande, 35, frantically tried to run in to save her pet. Her dog, a Bichon Frise, Shih Tzu mix named Nalu, was trapped inside. But with the smoke too thick, and Lamirande was left to ask firefighters to help save her dog. <br /> <br />As the blaze was contained, firefighter Andrew Klein found the dog in the bedroom. He pulled Nalu out, but the animal had no pulse and wasn’t breathing. <br /> <br />Klein quickly performed CPR on the pup and gave him oxygen through a special mask. <br /> <br />It took 20 minutes, but the lucky dog was eventually revived. <br /> <br />No other pets or humans were injured in the fire, the cause of which is still being investigated, according to KTLA. <br /> <br />Naly was transferred to a local animal hospital for further care, but is now back on his paws, and even swung by the station on Thursday to personally say thanks.
