Agnihotri credited his dogs with alerting the family in time and said the sofa's fire-resistant fabric helped avert a serious accident. An errant Diwali rocket struck Vivek Agnihotri's balcony sofa before his dogs alerted the family. The filmmaker sought stricter enforcement and accountability for fire safety failures. Filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri said his dogs alerted his family after an errant rocket set their balcony sofa ablaze on Sunday night.