• Keith Walker, 53, is being credited with saving the lives of 16 shelter animals
  • Walker, who is homeless, rushed into the burning animal shelter to rescue them
  • The fire department was waiting for animal control to arrive, but Walker ran inside the building to pull out the animals
  • The fire was said to have started in the kitchen and been an electrical fire    
Atlanta homeless man rescues dogs and cats from burning animal shelter
Atlanta homeless man rescues dogs and cats from burning animal shelter

Keith Walker, 53, had been heading to Atlanta's W-Underdogs on December 18 to pick up his pitbull, Bravo, for a walk when he saw the fire, shelter founder Gracie Hamlin said.
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