Woman Flees California Wildfire With 70 Pound Pit Bull In Her Duffel Bag

When a wildfire in Santa Rosa, California forced a woman to flee from her home on a bicycle she used a duffel bag as a makeshift sidecar for her 70 pound pit bull.

“You don’t even see a resemblance of what it used to be,” said wildfire survivor Natasha Wallace. “Everything was gray, everything was destroyed and it went for miles.”

Wallace, a Santa Rosa Junior College soccer player had been studying on campus until almost 2 a.m. in the morning.

On her way driving home she saw the fire from the freeway and knew that she had to evacuate immediately.

“I would never part ways with my dog ever,” said Wallace, That’s my ride or die.”

So she shoved Bentley her four year old pit bull into her Honda and drove down the road however within minutes she was stuck in traffic.

“It (the fire) was coming faster than I could leave in the traffic so I went back and got my bike,” Wallace remembers.

She also grabbed a duffel bag that she used as a makeshift sidecar for her 70 pound best friend.

“So I grabbed my dog and I told him, “Hey man this is serious, you need to just sit in the bag.’ And he, he hopped right in.” said Wallace.

After she made it down the road a few miles ahead of the fire, a man driving a truck pulled over and took Bentley and her the rest of the way out.

“I just want to say thank you to him, Paul Johnson,” said Wallace.

When Wallace thinks back about how lucky she was to survive the fire, she also thinks about the people who were around to help.

Wallace lost everything but she realizes the most important thing was saved, her pit bull.

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