Couple recall harrowing escape from fire; credit puppy to saving their lives
Desiree Brewer embraces one of the family's two dogs, Montana, a 1-year-old yellow Lab mix who alerted the family to an early-morning fire that destroyed their house along Tronstad Road. The family credits the dog with saving their lives. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Two automobiles belonging to the Brewer/Works family lost in a house fire along Tronstad Road, shown on Saturday, Aug. 27. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
One of two automobiles belonging to the Brewer/Works family lost in a house fire along Tronstad Road, shown on Saturday, Aug. 27. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Montana, the Brewer/Works family's 1-year-old yellow Lab mix who alerted the family to an early-morning fire that destroyed their home and two automobiles. The family credits the dog with saving their lives. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Fire destroyed the home and two automobiles belonging to the Brewer/Works family along Tronstad Road, shown on Saturday, Aug. 27. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
From left, Desiree Brewer, Brooke Brewer and Daniel Works with their dogs Montana, a yellow Lab/husky mix and Bandit, an Alaskan malamute mix, outside their home they lost in a fire along Tronstad Road on Saturday, Aug. 27. Montana alerted the family to the early-morning blaze. They believe the dog saved their lives. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Desiree Brewer didn’t think twice about jumping off a balcony, realizing it was her only escape from the flames that engulfed her family’s Kalispell home on Aug. 20....
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