8月4日早晨，德州堡本县一只名叫Goosey的宠物鹅通过反复鸣叫声成功唤醒了正在沙发上睡觉的主人伯特·盖博，帮助这个家庭躲过了一场潜在的严重火灾[1]。盖博立即冲到屋外，发现谷仓正在着火，他随即用水管将大火扑灭[1]。盖博回忆道："我就随意走到外面，看到火从里面冒出来，我抓起水管跑过去了"[1]。
盖博一家为Goosey的及时预警感到庆幸[1]。他表示："我们的鹅Goosey通过鸣叫警报唤醒了我们，我们很幸运地扑灭了所有火焰，每个人都很安全"[1]。盖博指出，仅仅晚睡几分钟就可能导致火灾失控[1]。这只4个月大的Goosey是盖博一家在今年母亲节从家禽博览会收养的[1]。
A four-month-old pet goose named Goosey saved her family from a potentially catastrophic barn fire by alerting them with repeated honking on the morning of August 4 in Fort Bend County, Texas [1]. The bird's alarm roused owner Bert Gabel from sleep on the sofa, prompting him to rush outside where he discovered flames billowing from the structure [1]. "I just casually came outside, and I saw a fire billowing out of there. I grabbed a water hose and ran over there," Gabel recounted [1].
Working quickly, Gabel managed to extinguish the blaze using a water hose [1]. The family credited Goosey's timely intervention as crucial to preventing the situation from spiraling out of control; Gabel noted that just a "couple more minutes" of continued sleep could have allowed the fire to become "out of control" [1]. "Our goose, Goosey, alerted us by honking, waking us up. We were fortunate to get all the flames out, and everyone is safe," Gabel explained [1]. The family adopted Goosey on Mother's Day from a poultry exhibition earlier in the year [1].