Jan 22, 2021 / 11:15 PM EST
NOBLESVILLE, Ind. (WISH) A Noblesville man risked his life to save his neighbor when their apartment complex went up in flames.
Duaine Davis said as he was rushing to get out, he learned his neighbor across the hall was trapped inside.
He immediately grabbed the handle, but the door was locked. At the same time, he felt his neighbor trying to open the door.
Davis said he eventually used his body to knock it down.
“As soon as I popped the door, I could see his ankles and he was behind the door, so I was trying to talk him into rolling over to where I could just drag him and then I saw nothing but black smoke and then I felt the fire,” said Davis.
Jan 22, 2021 / 04:24 PM EST
NOBLESVILLE, Ind. (WISH) A 57-year-old man is hospitalized in Indianapolis after being pulled from a fire by their next-door neighbor Thursday night, Noblesville Fire Department said.
The fire was reported sometime before 8:50 p.m. Thursday in the 5400 block of Village Winds Drive. That’s at the Pebble Brook Village Apartments located east of Little Chicago Road off State Road 32.
Crews arrived to large flames and smoke coming from an apartment building. They also found the man lying in front of an apartment. Two apartments were significantly damaged.
The man pulled from the fire was taken to Sidney & Lois Eskenazi Hospital to be treated for burns.