Beth Stillions usually finds herself rescuing dogs.
Last Friday, one of her foster dogs rescued her.
Meesha, who was saved from a hoarding situation in 2024, woke Stillions up from a deep sleep at 4:40 a.m. after breaking out of a crate that is billed as unescapable. Still fuzzy from her slumber, Stillions initially felt irritation.
“I was so irritated, I was literally telling him that he shouldn’t have gotten out of kennel and he was not going outside to play, then I realized the room was filled with smoke,” Stillions said. “He pretty much jumped on my face.”…