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Sarah Graham and Anthony Harbison are seen Wednesday with their puppy Lily, who was recovered alive from the debris of Oak Ridge apartments following a fire late last week.

((The Cullman Times))

CULLMAN, Alabama — A Labrador puppy trapped inside a burning apartment building and believed dead was found alive days after fire swept through Oak Ridge Apartments in Cullman.

Sarah Graham and her fiancée Anthony Harbison, two of three people injured the July 11 blaze, returned to their burned-out apartment this week to retrieve the body of their beloved Lily, according to a story in the Cullman Times. Instead, they found the eight-month-old puppy sitting in the yard. Some of her fur was singed, but she was otherwise OK.

Graham told Cullman Times reporter Trent Moore an insurance adjuster at the site apparently heard the dog whimpering from the debris and pulled her out. The puppy was still trapped in her kennel, which seems to have actually protected her from falling debris and created a pocket for her to survive.

"We were just wanting to get her body so we could bury her, but there she was," Graham said. "I've never been happier."

You can read the full story on Lily here.

The cause of the fire is still under investigation by the Cullman Fire Marshal, Alabama State Fire Marshal's Office and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.