OCFA FIREFIGHTER with rescued dog from fire in Garden Grove home (OCFA photo).

Action by Orange County Fire Authority firefighters rescued not only the family dog on Thursday afternoon in Garden Grove, but also cherished ties from the home.

Neighbors in the 9200 block of Bixby Avenue (between Gilbert and Magnolia streets) reported smoke at 3:15 p.m. 

Firefighters carried the dog to safety, extinguished the fire and then went about the task of carefully protecting items that had been pulled from the house, according to OCFA.

They then used push brooms, squeegees and mops to remove the water used to put out the fire. There were no injuries to human or canine.