{"id":5563,"date":"2026-08-17T15:39:33","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T15:39:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=5563"},"modified":"2026-08-17T15:39:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T15:39:33","slug":"pet-goose-warns-family-of-fire-and-saves-animals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=5563","title":{"rendered":"Pet Goose Warns Family of Fire and Saves Animals"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div>\n<p>When flames erupted in the middle of the night, the Gerber family\u2019s pet goose saved them and their barn animals from a fire\u2014by honking. Goosey forcefully squawked, waking up Bert Gerber as fire took to the Richmond, Texas barn where 60 turkeys and chickens slept. Bert successfully extinguished the fire with a water hose before any animals were hurt. \u201cIn just a couple more minutes,\u201d Bert said, \u201cit would\u2019ve been too much for a water hose.\u201d Bert had never heard Goosey, who is typically quiet and shy, honk. Bert\u2019s wife Chelsea Gerber shared the video captured by a surveillance camera on social media later that day, Aug. 3. \u201cGoosey wasn\u2019t just making noise,\u201d she wrote. \u201cHe was sounding the alarm.\u201d The Gerber family adopted Goosey just three months before the fire. Elaina Gerber, 9, was the one that fell in love with Goosey and begged her reluctant parents to take him home. Every morning Goosey excitedly runs in a plastic children\u2019s pool and sleeps in the barn next to the chicken coop where he was when the fire started. The Gerbers said the fire was most likely caused by a ceiling wire that overheated or was chewed by an animal.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=5558\">MAGA Podcaster Storms Off From Debate After Getting Called Out to His Face<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read it at <span>The Washington Post<\/span><\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When flames erupted in the middle of the night, the Gerber family\u2019s pet goose saved them and their barn animals from a fire\u2014by honking. Goosey forcefully squawked, waking up Bert Gerber as fire took to the Richmond, Texas barn where 60 turkeys and chickens slept. 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