It was the 20 of october at 1:32am when a pyro threw a molotov cocktail into a building.
When the pyro was running to escape, a man called the fire department. There were a few firefighters in the station but when they recieved the warning, in a few minutes, they were trying to extinguish the fire and evacuating the building. The fire was burning everything and the people inside were shouting of horror. The air inside wasn't enought for all and the smoke was a lot.
When the firefighters could get inside the building they did every thing they could to help the trapped people. They had to wear gas masks to protect themselves of the smoke. And they were opening all the windows that they could. The building was four floors tall and at the moment they evacuated three and a half because on the fourth floor a collapse trapped two rooms. Two firefighters removed the collapsed materials that were in front of one room, they opened the door and they rescued out of there a smal family. It was harder to get close to the other room because there were a lot of tables and harder and heavier materials to remove. It must have been very hot there and it was no time to take a rest. They removed what they could and they could pass the obstacles. When they were in front of the door a gas tank exploded and other collapse ocurred. One part of the roof fell above a firefighter leaving him trapped.
John Price (the other firefighter) had to think fast. He tried to open the door but it was jammed, then picked up the axe of hsi partner and he broke the door. Inside the room there was an unconcious boy. He have known that the smoke was affecting the boy so he put the mask in the boy's face, then he took his axe and rescued his partner, he took the boy and helped his partner to get up because he had broken his leg, John was doing a huge effort, but he could get them out of there. When he was outside, shouting, he called a medic. The boy was intoxicated but he would be OK and John's Party was really happy to be alive. John recieved a Bravery Medal. He must have been very proud of himself.
By: Federico Motta
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