A couple who live in the home were saved when a retired firefighter ran to wake them up, while a good Samaritan driving by saw flames and called 911, the local fire chief said.
Firefighters knocked down a blaze in a home in Weston, Massachusetts, on Tuesday morning.
A couple who live in the home, on South Avenue, were saved when a retired firefighter ran to bang on their door and wake them up, while a good Samaritan driving by saw flames and called 911, Weston fire Chief David Soar said."Two minutes, two minutes. Within a minute, we were out. Everything can go in a second," said Nagy Mikael, one of the homeowners who escaped the fire."It's just a blessing from God that we are alive.
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