This was the moment firefighters rescued seven cats and two dogs from a burning house yesterday evening (November 19) at 7 pm in Samut Prakan, Thailand, while the owner was visiting a nearby market.<br /><br />Somat Sakoolcharoen, 40, returned home with his wife, Mai, to find flames had broken out in the two-storey townhouse. He then ran to neighbours for help after noticing the smoke pouring from the building - knowing that his beloved rescue dogs were still inside.<br /><br />Emergency services arrived and extinguished the flames while staff and brave neighbours rushed inside to salvage the pets. Miraculously, they all emerged unscathed - with only smoke-stained fur.<br /><br />Somat said: ''I returned home to find there was a lot of smoke pouring from the house so I called out to neighbours for help. I knew it was so important to save the lives of all the cats and dogs. <br /><br />''They have all been rescued from the street after they were homeless or injured. If they were sick, we cured them and cared for them.''<br /><br />Fire crews discovered that the blaze had been caused by a short circuit in an electric fan which had been left running. It took them 30 minutes to control the inferno.<br /><br />Somat added: ''I want to thank the courageous work of the fire brigade. The controlled the situation quickly and without them, none of the cats or dogs would have survived.''
