Moon Township Police Officer Discover’s House Fire and Save’s Dog

(Photos used with permission of David Novak) 

Oscar the family dog was rescued by Officer GrazianiStory by Sandy Giordano, Beaver County Radio

(Moon Twp., Pa.) Moon Township Police Officer Marcello Graziani discovered a fire confined to a front porch at Mount Vernon Avenue residence at 10:15 PM Thursday night. Officer Graziani rescued the family’s Shih Tzu dog named Oscar once he was informed by the home owner that Oscar was still in the house. Officer Graziani did the initial knockdown of the fire, with a fire extinguisher, preventing it from  becoming a fully involved structure fire, according Fire Chief John Scott .