The intense fire surprised Mr. Mario Alberto, who is a deaf man, in the middle of the night. His humble house and his vehicle were on fire, but his only concern was his best friend, Gordo, who was still inside his house. Desperate, he even tried to put out the fire with a hose but the flames were destroying everything, including his hopes of finding his dog alive. He kept pointing out to the firefighters that nothing mattered more than his pet and when he thought he would never see him again, suddenly in the midst of the raging flames, one of them came out with Gordo (source Debra J Wolsten) #CaliforniaWildfires