Hero of the Week: Chattanooga officer rushed into burning home, rescued family

 This week's hero is a Chattanooga police officer who apparently didn't think twice when he saw a house on fire and he rushed in to save a family. Here's the story.

Bodycam shows Chattanooga officer rushing into burning home, rescuing family

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — A Chattanooga Police officer is being credited with saving a family from an apartment fire.

Body camera video shows Officer Rogers running into a home with flames visible near the front door. Police say the call happened May 1st just before 10 p.m. on Cranberry Way in Hixson.

Neighbors told the officer people were still inside. That is when he went in.

According to Chattanooga Police, Officer Rogers rescued Rachel Blaylock’s 4-year-old daughter Marlowe from the burning apartment as Blaylock followed with 10-year-old Charles.

Police body camera video shows Officer Rogers push through smoke and flames, getting Marlowe out safely. Blaylock says he was even ready to go back inside... "I keep thinking back, how was I going to get two kids down the stairs?" Blaylock told us. "He just grabs her, and he was willing to go back in." Thankfully, no one was hurt.

Police are not trained in firefighting, but they do take an oath to serve and protect,” CPD said in a social media post. “And that is exactly what Officer Rogers did. Neighbor Ebony Cox says she was getting ready for bed when she heard screaming coming from next door.

When she came outside, she looked over and saw the apartment building in flames.

"I'm like, please, please, somebody get her out," Cox says.

"He was just a brave person to react like that. He could have got hurt, but he didn't care. He just kept on kicking the door."

Blaylock says she’s just thankful her children made it out and that Officer Rogers didn’t hesitate.