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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - A section leader was recognized Wednesday for his bravery during a occurrence successful June wherever helium saved a beingness and perchance others' successful Fresno.
On Wednesday, the Fresno Fire Department took the clip to grant and admit members of the section arsenic good arsenic assemblage members whose actions were stand-outs— 1 of whom was Pedro Piña.
According to Deputy Fire Chief Devin McGuire, connected June 22 astir 9:20 p.m., units responded to an flat analyzable astatine 849 S. Alder Ave. When units arrived they recovered the archetypal telephone had seemingly been resolved.
"The unit of Engine 15 responded Code 3 to the incidental arriving conscionable six minutes later. Upon arrival, the unit conducted a size-up of the operation portion Ladder 87 focused connected assessing a pain unfortunate recovered astatine the scene. [The occurrence had been extinguished]," Deputy Fire Chief McGuire said.
Piña recalled helium was connected his mode retired erstwhile helium saw flames flickering from the model of a adjacent portion followed by screams.
"I was gonna spell to the movies and I heard screaming. Then I looked up, I saw the window, determination was flames, determination was idiosyncratic screaming existent large truthful I reacted," Piña explained.
Without hesitation, McGuire says Piña grabbed a occurrence extinguisher, forced himself into the unit, and rescued the injured unfortunate retired of his portion to safety.
"While galore mightiness person hesitated, Pedro acted without a 2nd thought. Grabbing a occurrence extinguisher, helium forced the doorway to the burning unit. Inside helium recovered the injured occupant and rapidly helped him to safety," McGuire said.
Piña says the unreserved of adrenaline kept him from reasoning of thing but the task astatine hand— redeeming the victim's life.
"I wasn't reasoning astir [getting hurt]. I was conscionable reasoning astir him more. I didn't deliberation astir myself astatine that moment," Piña said.
Piña went backmost wrong to cheque for different victims earlier dousing the remainder of the flames with the occurrence extinguisher, preventing further harm to the flat and perchance redeeming lives, Mcguire reports.
"Because of Pedro Piña's speedy reasoning and fearless actions, [the victim] who had sustained burns to his manus was capable to person contiguous aesculapian attention," McGuire said.
Because of his heroic actions and selflessness, Deputy Fire Chief Devin McGuire recognized Piña.
"Today we grant Pedro Piña whose courage, selflessness, and decisive enactment saved a life. Fresno Fire is arrogant to contiguous Mr. Piña with the Civilian's Lifesaving Award for his exceptional bravery and lifesaving efforts," Deputy Fire Chief McGuire announced.
Piña adds portion helium is humbled to person been honored for his bravery, the enactment itself was selfless.
"It's an grant to maine that I got this— and I didn't truly expect thing to travel backmost to me," Piña said.
