Family’s dog still missing after losing home to Mountain Fire

A family is still searching for their missing pit bull, Blue, who disappeared moments before the Mountain Fire took their house in the hills above Camarillo on Nov. 6.

In a rush to escape the flames, Madison O’Donnell, 30, and her father were trying to get their three dogs into the car when a gas tank in a nearby car exploded, startling the dogs, the VC Star reports.

The two dogs that ran into the house were quickly rounded up according to the report, but the 10-year-old pit bull disappeared.

“They searched as the fire spread to their house, her dad running in to check one more time,” details the VC Star. “Still, no Blue.”

O’Donnell and her dad returned to their home on Estaban Drive later that day to look again, but both Blue and their house were gone.

According to the report, O’Donnell says Blue is “the sweetest boy,” who loves sunbathing and has a unique run described as a sort of gallop or “more of a hopping dance.”

O’Donnell also notes that Blue is hard of hearing, but can always sniff out her dad.

“Her dad’s shirts hang on the gate near what she now calls ‘the lot’ instead of home,” reported the VC Star.

The family has also posted signs around their town and online and has reached out to shelters and rescues for help. They’ve even sifted through the rubble of their home to search for his remains, but have not found any.

O’Donnell told the VC Star that sometimes she finds hope in knowing that Blue once survived on his own in an Oxnard field for a time until he ended up at the shelter where she and her father rescued him from about two years ago.

O’Donnell is asking anyone with information on Blue’s whereabouts or possible sightings to email helpusfindblue10@gmail.com.