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Fire fighters saved a daschund from a burning flat and kept him alive with first aid and an oxygen mask on Monday.

The daschund-cross puppy was overwhelmed by smoke when a fire broke out at 10:00 in the Aliwal block of flats on the corner of Nelson Mandela Drive and Aliwal Street in Bloemfontein.

Residents found the unconscious dog when they broke open the front door of the burning flat.

Firemen from the Mangaung fire brigade picked up the unconscious dog and carried it to safety, applying first aid in view of a small crowd of onlookers.

Fireman Paulus Mosia said they found the puppy lying in a passage on the eighth floor.

Mosia and another fire fighter carried the dog to safety and put an oxygen mask on the struggling dog while it kicked and gasped for breath.

They then raced the puppy to an animal clinic in the city.

Fichardt Park animal clinic veterinarian Dr V Metz said the daschund-cross ought to be fine in a few days.

The fire presumably started in a bedroom when a blanket fell over a heater and ignited. No one was injured and the damage to the flat was minimal.