WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) — A man is lucky to be alive after he was rescued from a burning home in Franklin on Thursday afternoon.
Flames were seen shooting from the roof of a two-story house at around 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, but the homeowner got out safe thanks to a nearby house painter’s quick actions.
“I didn’t even think about it,” painter Joshua Schaffer told News 2. “I just ran towards it because I would want somebody to run towards me if I was in a fire.”
Schaffer said that he could see the homeowner inside.
“I saw him coming down the stairwell. He had his head kind of tilted like he didn’t know where he was or he had just woke up,” Schaffer said.
Schaffer said that with the help of neighbors, they were able to bust through the door and pull the man outside.
“I was actually really happy to see how many people were concerned about their neighbor,” Schaffer said.
“I wasn’t in for ten seconds because it was so hot,” Schaffer added. “I immediately had to run back out because it was like trying to catch a breath of fresh air while you’re underwater.”