A California sheriff’s deputy is being lauded as a hero after rescuing a child from a burning home.
On Tuesday, Tulare County Deputy Alfredo Flores was just ending his shift when he got a call about a house fire in Orosi.
The dramatic rescue, part of which was captured in body camera footage, shows Flores after he entered the burning home and saved a 12-year-old boy.
The boy has Down syndrome and is non-verbal, his family told Fresno ABC affiliate KFSN .
His brother, Alejandro Fajardo, had tried rescuing his brother himself, but was unable to get to him.
“About six, seven times I couldn’t get him, I couldn’t reach him,” the boy’s brother, Alejandro Fajardo, said. “The smoke was really up and I tried crawling to him, just yelling his name.”
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Flores ran into the home three times — having to leave the smoke-filled residence and go back outside twice — before he was able to get the child out.