When firefighter Captain Charlie Schmidtmann fought the Cold Springs fire just a few weeks ago, one of the first houses he found incinerated was his own.
Looking through the charred remains, Schmidtmann and his wife,who is also a firefighter, thought their two dogs were dead. But just five hours later, the Schmidtmanns' Labrador, Clyde, ran in front of a fire truck Charlie Schmidtmann was driving, having suffered just a few burns on his snout.
Now the community of Nederland has rallied to find the Schmidtmanns' second dog, a large Saint Bernard called Geno. The community has created a Facebook site called “Finding Geno” where people can post sightings of Geno and more than 70 people turned out for a large scale search just a week ago.
Charlie Schmidtmann spoke with Colorado Matters host Nathan Heffel.
Editor's note: An earlier version of this story incorrectly identified the name of the fire. It has been corrected.
