Emotional moment dog lover returns home after days of desperately trying to reunite with beloved pooch

A heartwarming video shared online captured the emotional moment a California dog owner was reunited with his beloved pooch.

Casey Colvin was seen kneeling at his neighbor’s gate, cooing to his dog and asking, “Hey booboo, how’s the fire going?” while the gray dog ​​runs up the hill towards him.

As the dog jumps into his arms, Colvin can be seen screaming and crying.

He then runs through the street with his arms raised, cheering for his victory, before collapsing at the gate.

“Oh thank you Jesus, oh thank you God,” Colvin exclaims.

He had been desperately trying to reach the dog, Oreo, since the Pacific Palisades fire broke out early last week.

When evacuation orders came, Colvin was at work. He then spent five hours trying to get through traffic in an attempt to return to his home and rescue his dogs, Oreo and Tika Tika Tika. according to NBC Los Angeles.

“I literally saved them from the streets, they deserve better than this,” Colvin told reporter Liz Kreutz between sobs as he began pulling his hair. ‘How do I get to my house?’

A nearby firefighter saw the exchange and offered to reach Colvin’s home to see if he could rescue the dogs for the clearly distressed man.

The firefighter was then able to confuse Tika Tika Tika, but Oreo had apparently run out of the house and gone missing.

Colvin’s home burned down a few hours later, becoming one of more than 12,300 homes and other structures in Los Angeles County turned to ash and dust by the infernos.

“If that firefighter hadn’t offered to go get the dogs, they both would have been locked inside when the flames came,” Kreutz wrote on Instagram.

Colvin spent the next few days posting flyers about Oreo’s disappearance, while Kreutz shared the dog’s photo on social media.

Several neighbors reported seeing Oreo during that period, and a dog tracker eventually helped Colvin locate the beloved dog on Sunday.

He was seen sleeping among the rubble and rubble that marked the spot where Colvin’s neighbor’s house once stood.

As of Sunday evening, the Palisades Fire — the largest of the three fires raging through Los Angeles — scorched 23,713 acres and was only 13 percent contained.

Still, the Eaton Fire remained the deadliest inferno, causing at least 11 of the 24 deaths attributed to the wildfires.

By Sunday it had expanded to more than 14,000 hectares and was 27 percent contained.

Dozens of residents remain missing, and Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna has warned that the death toll will likely continue to rise as the sheriff’s office begins using cadaver dogs.

“I don’t expect good news from that,” he added. ‘We keep people informed.’

Life-threatening conditions were also expected to continue in the coming days, with a CalFire spokesperson warning that high winds will continue from Sunday through Wednesday, which could further spread the deadly flames.

Residents in the areas that have not yet been issued evacuation orders but are subject to Santa Ana winds are now warned not to mow or trim dry grass, to park their cars on grass and to ensure campfires are kept warm. to be completely out’.

Conditions have resulted in a red flag warning until 6pm on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, Los Angeles County Fire Chief Anthony Marrone said authorities will not consider allowing displaced residents to return home until that warning is lifted.

“Unfortunately, those conversations won’t begin until the next predicted red flag ends on Wednesday,” he said.

“Rest assured, on Thursday we will start talking about repopulation and evacuation orders and warning areas,” he said at a news conference on Sunday.