{"id":386602,"date":"2026-07-05T02:34:30","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T02:34:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/386602\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T02:34:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T02:34:30","slug":"neighbor-rescues-pet-pig-during-garage-fire-in-fresno","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/386602\/","title":{"rendered":"Neighbor rescues pet pig during garage fire in Fresno"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_1082.jpg\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"674\" title=\"A neighbor saved \u201cBig Mama\u201d the pet pig in Fresno, California on Thursday, July 2, 2026.\" alt=\"A neighbor saved \u201cBig Mama\u201d the pet pig in Fresno, California on Thursday, July 2, 2026.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        A neighbor saved \u201cBig Mama\u201d the pet pig in Fresno, California on Thursday, July 2, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>            FRESNO FIRE DEPARTMENT<\/p>\n<p>A pet pig was rescued from the backyard on Thursday after a fire broke out at the garage.<\/p>\n<p>The fire occurred at 10:30 a.m. in the 2700 block of E. Madison Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>Fire crews arrived to find a detached garage engulfed in flames.<\/p>\n<p>Crews were able to prevent the fire from extending to the nearby home.<\/p>\n<p>Two people were home, and one was treated for smoke inhalation.<\/p>\n<p>Crews said a neighbor rescued the occupant\u2019s pet pig, \u2018Big Mama,\u2019 from the backyard. She was unharmed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"summary gray\">This story was originally published July 2, 2026 at 3:51 PM.<\/p>\n<p>        Related Stories from  Fresno Bee<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/profile\/218450935\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1783218870_912_Anthony Galaviz headshot.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Anthony Galaviz\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/profile\/218450935\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Anthony Galaviz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    The Fresno Bee<\/p>\n<p>            Anthony Galaviz writes about sports for The Fresno Bee. He covers the Las Vegas Raiders, high schools, boxing, MMA and junior colleges. He\u2019s been with The Bee since 1997 and attended Fresno City College before graduating from Fresno State with a major in journalism and a minor in criminology.\u00a0<br \/>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/fresnobee.com\/subscribe&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;\" style=\"color: #5169B8; text-transform: none;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Support my work with a digital subscription<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A neighbor saved \u201cBig Mama\u201d the pet pig in Fresno, California on Thursday, July 2, 2026. FRESNO FIRE&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":386603,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-386602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=386602"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386602\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/386603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=386602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=386602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=386602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}