Dog pulled from rubble of Detroit home explosion expected to recover

Detroit – Authorities believe Saturday’s house explosion on Detroit’s west side was probably caused by gas.  A dog was underneath the rubble. She is expected to be recover.

The dog  – now named Miracle, for obvious reasons – was trapped underneath debris and ruble for 15 minutes before dramatically being rescued by nearly every first responder on scene.

Source: clickondetroit.com

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