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BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. - Brevard County sheriff's deputies arrested a man Wednesday morning after they say he ignored firefighters' commands and tried to save his dogs from his burning home. Brevard County Fire Rescue crews responded to 2387 Victor Road at around 5 a.m. Wednesday after someone called 911 to report the fire. Fire investigators tell News 6 they found the home was full of smoke from a fire that appeared to start in a television and spread. They say Wendell Joyner, 58, kept going inside his burning home to save his three dogs. "I got out of the house, and then I realized, 'Oh, wait a minute, my dogs are in there, " Joyner said. "So, I went back inside to look for my dogs." Joyner tells News 6 he kept getting overcome with smoke, and he had to keep coming outside to breathe. He said he saw an opportunity when he grabbed a firefighter's ax and threw it through a front window to get access to his dogs. Deputies tackled Joyner,...