A hero firefighter saved a dog's life - by giving it mouth-to-mouth.
Knocks from inside a burning flat in Dalston, east London, were initially thought to be coming from a person - but were actually coming from trapped Alsatian Kiko.
Firefighter Lewis Keeble dragged the "limp" dog, which had inhaled a lot of smoke, from the burning building and to safety.
He then blew into the dog's mouth to save his life.
Lewis, a dog lover, said he was glad to have been able to rescue Kiko, who came around and appeared back to normal shortly after the incident.
Crews from Islington, Stoke Newington and Homerton fire stations scrambled to the flat fire on the fourth floor of a 14-storey building one morning earlier this week (Tues).
It was initially thought a person was inside the flat after a neighbor reported hearing knocking.
But when temporary sub-officer Lewis Keeble and a colleague forced the door to the flat open, they discovered Kiko desperately trying to escape the approaching flames.
"We had been informed that a person might be inside the flat and that banging against the door had been reported," heroic Keeble recalled.
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