“I just felt like somebody was in there because it was so late at night, you know?” Birt said. “I just knew that I had to act quick.”
Soon after, three siblings — ages 8, 14, and 17 — ran out the front door of the house as flames swirled on the front porch.
Their 22-year-old brother ran through the front door moments later as the fire engulfed the porch more and more, the footage shows.The siblings said the pounding and screaming woke them as the smoke alarms failed to go off. The oldest sibling, Bryce Harrison, told the local station that he woke up to “an oven of heat and flames on the front wall.”The children’s parents were out of town when they got the frightening call that their home had gone on fire with their children inside.“My kids wouldn’t have made it, man. They’re safe and they’re safe because of him,” she said. “I mean, lives were saved here.”
Three siblings — ages 8, 14, and 17 — ran out the front door of the house when the blaze started to rage with flames.The family’s home was completely destroyed by the blaze, but Tender Lehman said she was just thankful her kids made it out uninjured.