Fire EMERGENCY – Man Does The Only Thing In His Power
(ConservativeHub.com) – House fires can quickly turn deadly, especially in the middle of the night while a family is sleeping. A quick-thinking neighbor in Roslindale, Massachusetts, saved the lives of multiple people, including children, when a blaze broke out recently.
Just after midnight on Saturday, September 3, a fire broke out in a residential building on Delford Street near Boston, Massachusetts. A neighbor heard the alarm and rushed to pull a mattress from his backyard to a window near the burning building. He first encouraged a mother to drop her two children, one of whom is just 5 years old. Then, the mother jumped as well. All three landed safely, escaping the deadly blaze just in time.
A heroic job by the next door neighbor to save a mother and her 2 children who were trapped on the 2nd floor by heavy fire at the 3 alarm fire on Delford st. He put a mattress down for them to jump as he caught the 5 year old that the mother dropped out the window to him. pic.twitter.com/1XLevl5OD6
— Boston Fire Dept. (@BostonFire) September 3, 2022
Many residents in the neighborhood called the neighbor, Clidfod Saintjen, a hero for his actions that night. In all, the fire displaced nine people, and the Red Cross of Massachusetts is assisting in finding new housing.
5 adults and 4 children were displaced by the fire at 10-12 Delford St. BFD-FIU is on scene investigating v the cause of the fire. Damages estimated at 1 million dollars. The @RedCrossMA is helping to find housing. pic.twitter.com/mWQdpc6uCA
— Boston Fire Dept. (@BostonFire) September 3, 2022
The heat from the fire melted the siding on a building next door and injured two firefighters who worked the scene. Officials estimate the damage at around $1 million, but the lives of those saved this past weekend are priceless by comparison. In a humble interview with the Boston Globe, Saintjen explained he didn’t “feel like a hero.”
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