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Tobago boy saves granny, 86, from burning house
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Jubari Phillips, 16, looks at the damage after a fire early Monday morning destroyed the house he lived in at George Street, Glamorgan, Tobago. - David Reid
Jubari Phillips, 16, instinctively jumped into action when he realised his house was on fire – with his family locked inside.
The fourth form Bishop’s High School student is being hailed a hero, after he rescued his seven-member family from their burning home at George Street, Glamorgan on Monday. The family includes four adults, aged 86, 59, 55 and 32, and his two siblings, 13 and ten.
In an interview, Phillips told Newsday he was scared by the ordeal, but: “I couldn’t have left my great-granny.”