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0:44Now PlayingThe Parsons family house burned to the ground. They would have been inside if not for their pet dog Chewbarka.
TALLAHASEE, FL - Their night was far from restful.
James Parsons had gone to sleep early in his family's Woodville mobile home. His wife, meanwhile, was just heading to bed.
But that Tuesday morning at 1:56 a.m., the family's 3-year-old chihuahua-dachshund Sir LaRue Winnieschnitzle was restless. The dog nicknamed "Chewbarka" started barking in a panic. "He wouldn't stop," he recalled.
His wife Theresa Parsons tip-toed to the back porch to scope out the area, trying to find what was causing their dog's commotion. It wasn't a possum like they had thought.
Their house was on fire.
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