Comcast Worker Saves Couple From Blazing Apartment
POSTED: Wednesday, March 12, 2008
UPDATED: 2:15 pm EDT March 12,
2008
DETROIT -- A Comcast worker is revered as a local hero Wednesday after he saved a couple from a blazing apartment fire on Detroit's west side.Residents told Local 4 that a grease fire started on the third floor of the Manor Apartments on Joy Road around 4:30 a.m.Resident Darrin Hartnett said he awoke to the blaring fire alarm and saw billowing smoke.Hartnett jumped into action, knocked on residents' doors and ushered people to safety.When Hartnett was outside, he said, he realized a couple was hanging out of the window of their third-floor apartment and smoke was billowing from their window.Hartnett took the ladder off his Comcast truck and rescued the trapped couple."It's just second nature, and I did have other people helping me," said Hartnett.All of this happened before firefighters arrived at the scene.The blaze was contained to one unit and was extinguished Wednesday afternoon.No injuries were reported.Hartnett says he was just doing a community service, and helping people is what it's all about.
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