A Thanksgiving night fire in Larchmont, Los Angeles, led to a dramatic rescue after an off-duty paramedic, Richard Recinos, pulled 7-year-old Savannah Vasquez, from a burning duplex as embers fell all around them.
The blaze, which began just before midnight, ignited trees beside a two-story residence on West Oakwood Avenue and quickly threatened multiple families living nearby.
Newsweek contacted the LAFD for comment via email outside of normal office hours on Monday.
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An off-duty paramedic, Richard Recinos was driving home from his family’s Thanksgiving dinner at around 11:30 p.m. And he saw a glow. “We watched it grow from a few blocks down,” he told KTLA…