CREEKSIDE, Pa. — A Pennsylvania fire chief says some cackling chickens turned out to be cock-a-doodle-do-gooders.
Creekside Fire Chief Pete Yacovone said David Wells escaped from his burning Indiana County home around 3:30 a.m. Wednesday after his son was awakened by his chickens. The chief said the chickens might have been startled by the fire.
The son lives across the street and quickly ran to his dad's house to wake him up.
Yacovone said the chickens made "good smoke detectors." He said if Wells' son "hadn't come and got him, we would've been fishing a body out of there."
Wells lives in rural Washington Township, about 50 miles northeast of Pittsburgh.
The chief said Wells' house is still standing but not livable.
The fire was apparently caused by an electrical problem.