A student pulled an elderly man to safety as a fire blazed below them in Winchester.
An ambulance crew arrived to find a student, Edward Herbert sat with the old man by the window as the fire raged below them.
After climbing the ladder, Herbert found the elderly man and pulled him to an open window; to breathe more easily.
Herbert, reassured the 84-year-old, "telling him it was OK".
As the fire blazed from the kitchen on the floor below, Herbert did all he could to keep him alive. Herbert said, "he fainted twice on me", "it was really scary, I thought the worst"
After surviving the blaze with the elderly man Herbert added, "I just wanted to get him out".
The brave 20-year-old plans to visit the elderly man in Winchester hospital this week, where he resides "feeling fine" with his family.
The fire is thought to have started by an electrical appliance in the kitchen.
It is thanks to the fire alarm that the elderly mans neighbors realised there was a fire at all.
The fire alarm is also the reason for young Edward Herbert to climb into the elders house and pull him to safety; where the Hampshire fire and ambulance crew took over.
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