the roof line. >> rick: flames were coming from the side of this orange county home. >> they were growing four to five feet. >> he ran to the door and told the people inside there was a fire. >> they thought i was play ago joke, but they got the kids out and walked around and said, oh, my god, the house is on fire and the propane tank will explode. >> that's when he grabbed a hose to put out the flames before the propane tank exploded. >> were you scared? >> there wasn't time to be scared. >> how did you learn to do all this? >> i'm an eagle scout with troop 145. and this is our mode of action. >> you can call him an eagle, but the homeowner prefers to call this teen something else with wings. >> an angel. >> i think a little more than a special angel. if he hadn't come knocking on the door, my grandkids were sitting with their backs to the wall, a foot away from where that tank was going up. >> if we were a minute or two later, the rest of the house