@MentORPHEUS if it weren't for the pets, I'd have guessed insurance fraud

Killing someone's pets, especially like that, is all kinds of fucked up

I broke the window. With fresh oxygen the whole interior was suddenly completely aflame

I hope you learned from that. I realize you had little info and less time to act, but if you're ever in a similar scenario again, be careful if shit like that. Opening doors to rooms, etc can kill your ass with the sudden increase in flames. I forgot what the firefighting term was for this; was only a volunteer and only less than a year.

Flames were now pouring out of the window above my head, and the intense radiant heat felt like it was going to spontaneously combust my hair.

A) that would not have been spontaneous combustion

B) get a haircut, ya hippy!

Kidding around aside, I'm glad you were able to save at least the two of them.

Last night there was a homestead nearby that went up in flames around 11pm. I rushed over with a shovel to see if I could help. Found nobody present, but EVERYTHING there was ablaze in what was clearly arson; fire would not have started naturally and spread like this.

I heard dogs yelping so I approached a car with flames all along the driver's side exterior with what looked like cages. Way too much radiant heat to approach so I went around to the passenger side, and looked around the front to find the cages were burned out. I could still hear dogs crying sounded like from inside; passenger door was locked so I broke the window. With fresh oxygen the whole interior was suddenly completely aflame. Dogs still yelping so I dropped to my knees to see three puppies underneath. The cubes of glass I had just broken were burning me as I knelt and I struggled to reach and pull out the puppies. Got two dragged out with difficulty, there was a third who was stuck like the deflating tires brought the car down on him. Flames were now pouring out of the window above my head, and the intense radiant heat felt like it was going to spontaneously combust my hair.
I gathered up the two puppies and my shovel awkwardly and made my way back to my car through desert scrub. I could hear more than one dog making crying noises I never want to hear again. Fire engines were finally approaching with difficulty over the small unmarked dirt roads.

Long story short, now I'm fostering two very sweet puppies who are in remarkable condition for what they went through. I have small burns and wounds on all 4 extremities but it was worth it to save them. They had eaten a full meal just hours before; I know this because they puked copious amounts of colorful kibble in my back seat on the way home.

This must have been some kind of revenge or nasty breakup scenario; I don't know who would torch someone's entire homestead, pets and all like that for petty reasons.