A total of eight people including four children were displaced from their home after a fire broke out Friday night.
It happened on Paul Drive in Rockville, Maryland. Montgomery County Fire’s Spokesman Pete Piringer says everyone got out of the house safely thanks to a working smoke alarm .
Firefighters also rescued a puppy dog named April, who they are calling her by another name – “Lucky.”
A curling iron left on a bed is said to have caused the fire. The American Red Cross is assisting the family.
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![April was renamed "Lucky" by firefighters who rescued the dog from a house fire in Rockville, Md.](http://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/lucky-300x168.jpg)