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How a Family's Dogs Were Saved from a Fiery Death

posted by martyb on Tuesday May 09 2017, @09:46AM   Printer-friendly
from the keeping-an-eye-on-things dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

Christophe Deschamps was watching a basketball game with his wife and three children when he received an alert on his smartphone.

The home security system told him something was wrong, so he quickly accessed the video feed on his phone.

"I could see smoke," he says. Their home, in the Wallonia region of southern Belgium, was on fire.

The family's thoughts immediately turned to their two Bernese Mountain dogs - Lisbonne and Hawaii - locked in the garage. A terrible family tragedy was threatening to unfold.

The video images now showed the smoke getting thicker and brightness coming from flames off-camera.

The fire alarm had already alerted the firefighters, so the Deschamps family rushed home as quickly as they could.
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Fortunately, Lisbonne and Hawaii were saved with just 20cm of air left to breathe above the floor of the smoke-filled garage. But the fire damage to the house took six months to repair.

The dogs' lucky escape was due to the indoor security camera Christophe had installed.

So, the Internet of Things (IoT) is really a good thing.

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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by SomeGuy on Tuesday May 09 2017, @02:25PM (2 children)

    by SomeGuy (5632) on Tuesday May 09 2017, @02:25PM (#506918)

    Well, you know, I TOLD them I didn't want that Trane ComfortLink II(TM) XL 850 Connected Control, but as it turns out modern furnace/blowers are intentionally designed to be incompatible with earlier non-spyware models. That is actually my neighbor's dog watching me through my document scanner, but it works out as we both like Police Academy... PROCTOR!!!! Lols.

    BTW, I knew you were going to post that, I could hear you typing through your dishwasher. Also BTW, when you are near it you might want to refrain from mumbling about how you like to touch... people... it might get misinterpreted.

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  • (Score: 2) by Gaaark on Tuesday May 09 2017, @02:45PM (1 child)

    by Gaaark (41) on Tuesday May 09 2017, @02:45PM (#506924) Journal

    CHEEZIT, THE COPS!!!!

    I'm watching them coming to our front door: your fake talking parrot in the cage has that one odd (camera) eye, and is connected to the internet through your Tickle Me Elmo doll.

    RUN!!!

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    • (Score: 2) by bob_super on Tuesday May 09 2017, @06:46PM

      by bob_super (1357) on Tuesday May 09 2017, @06:46PM (#507036)

      I'm so out of touch, only my microwave turns into a camera.