Hong Kong’s deadliest fire, now claiming 156 lives, delivered one rare moment of hope: The rescue of a 15-year-old poodle named Jason.

A 43-year-old woman named Jacky Lee was not home when the blaze tore through the Tai Po residential complex on November 26, but her senior furkid was trapped alone inside.

She rushed back and tried to enter the burning building, but was stopped by firefighters and police and sent to a temporary shelter to wait.