Puppies saved from Park Fire were ‘all over the place’ in rescue chopper

In darkness, dust and smoke amid the chaotic escape of dozens of rural Butte County residents from the exploding Park Fire on Wednesday night, a pair of Rottweilers and their four puppies were left in a disabled white Chevrolet pickup truck beside a remote dirt road in the forest. An inferno was approaching from the south as the owner and others fled for their lives.

“She had to jump in with somebody else, regrettably leaving the dogs,” said Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea.

The owner...