I love reading BBC News for many reasons. BBC News highlights local heroes, they spotlight technology and science, especially archaeology, and paleontology. Today's blog though, is about one of the local heroes who ran into a burning apartment and saved a life. Here's the story from BBC News (from April 16, 2021):
Sheffield, UK man praised after woman pulled from burning flat
BBC News, April 16, 2021 (click for link to orig. story)A glazier who ran into a burning building to rescue a woman trapped inside said he was just "going on instincts".
Sam Merrill, 32, had finished a gym session on Morland Road, Sheffield, United Kingdom at 19:00 BST on Thursday when he noticed smoke from a nearby block of flats. He rushed in to the building and found the stricken woman in a first-floor flat.
Mr Merrill denied he was a hero, adding: "You don't do it for that."
Firefighters were called to the blaze but Mr Merrill had already entered the building to carry out the rescue. "By the time she'd got outside, she was on the verge of being dead. If it was another 30 seconds there'd have been no return," he said."There were flames around the door. Everyone was covered in smoke and it was spreading fast.
(Photo: Firefighters were called to the flat blaze on Morland Road at about 19:00 BST on Thursday. Credit: BBC News)
"It was just a case of making sure everyone is out and everyone is safe, that was the scenario for me," Mr Merrill added. The keen boxer said he did not think of himself as a hero. He added: "You don't do it for that status, you just do it because you don't want someone to die. Just the fact the woman's all right is better for me." An investigation into the cause of the fire is ongoing, the South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service said. Follow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk.
"It was just a case of making sure everyone is out and everyone is safe, that was the scenario for me," Mr Merrill added. The keen boxer said he did not think of himself as a hero. He added: "You don't do it for that status, you just do it because you don't want someone to die. Just the fact the woman's all right is better for me." An investigation into the cause of the fire is ongoing, the South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service said. Follow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk.
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