A homeless man put his life at risk to rescue several dogs and cats after a fire broke out at an animal shelter.
Keith Walker arrived at W-Underdogs in Atlanta, Georgia, on December 18 to collect his own pet pit bull Bravo - who sleeps there every night - when he was forced into action.
A fire had broken out in the kitchen and was quickly spreading across the building, with the 53-year-old going on to rescue all the animals inside, including 10 cats and six dogs.
Mr Walker told CNN : "I was nervous as hell, I'm not going to lie. I was really scared to go in there with all that smoke.
"But God put me there to save those animals. If you love a dog, you can love anyone in the world. My dog is my best friend, and I wouldn't be here without him, so I knew I had to save all those other dogs."
Shelter founder Gracie Hamlin compared Mr Walker's heroics to those of a "guardian angel".
She told the US news network the firefighters had called animal control but Mr Walker "was already in the building pulling out the cats and dogs until they were all safe".
"I can't thank him enough for saving my animals. I'm still in disbelief, because I've been around a fire and I know how fast they flare up. He is my hero."
The fire was later put down to an electrical fault, and while it was quickly extinguished the building was left uninhabitable, the shelter said in a Facebook post.
All the animals have now been moved to a new building, with the shelter in the process of relocating to a new HQ at the time of the fire.
"They are all happy, warm, safe, and comfortable in their new temporary home," W-Underdogs said.
As a thank you, a GoFundMe page has been set up for Mr Walker - who has been on the streets since he was 13 - and has already seen more than $27,000 in donations.
While a second fundraiser was launched for the shelter.
