A brave pet lover ran inside a raging fire engulfing her house to save her two cherished poodles.<br /><br />Pimapinya Sirichaitan, 55, was returning from a funeral when flames spread through the building in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand last Thursday (December 19) night.<br /><br />She rushed home after a neighbour called her about the fire, realising that her two poodles were still inside the house.<br /><br />When Pimapinya arrived back, her pooches were trapped in the inferno so she decided to cover herself with a wet towel and dash inside to save them.<br /><br />The woman was able to bring the two pooches out safely and the firefighters sprayed water on them to cool them down.<br /><br />The relieved owner said the survival of her pooches was all that mattered - even though her house had been burned down.<br /><br />Pimapinya said: "All I have is these two pooches, I was more worried about them than the house.<br /><br />''Saving my dogs was all I could think about, even if it meant I had to risk my own life.''<br /><br />Firefighters believe that the fire started from an electrical short circuit from inside Pimapinya's house. <br /><br />A fireman at the scene said: "From our rough checks, we think there could have been electrical short from inside the house that caused a spark, which then became a fire. The police will come and check it again."<br /><br />The fire spread to both of the homes next door and caused around one million THB (24,245 GBP) in damage.
