Four months after they rescued him, he rescued them.

The Smith family adopted Chrome from the Bastrop County Animal Shelter Bastrop, TX, last November. On March 4, it was Chrome who alerted them to a fire in their home and got them out of bed in time to escape safely.

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Laura Smith said she was sleeping in her home with her two young sons that night. She thought Chrome woke her up at around 1 a.m. because he needed to go to the bathroom.

“He stayed with me until I realized the house was on fire and then took off down our hallway to get the boys and helped the boys out and to safety,” Smith told KXAN. “Without…