Hero saves family from burning house
Published: October 22, 2007
UK — A family were rescued from their burning house in the early hours of Saturday thanks to quick-thinking neighbours.
Karl Goodband had gone to New Row, in Woolsthorpe-by-Belvoir, at around 5am to pick up his brother-in-law Mick Thomas for their early shift at Padleys in Grantham.
Karl, who lives in the village, told Mick he thought there were flames in the lounge of a house two doors away and went to check it out.
A storage heater had caught fire and Karl, 31, went about alerting the occupants of the house - a mother, her son and a dog - and the rest of the neighbours.
Mick, who rang the fire service for help, said: “Karl evacuated everyone without a thought for his own well-being.
“In our eyes he is a true hero and we are all so proud of him. I don’t think he realises just how his actions saved a lot of lives that day.
“If he hadn’t been there and did what he did it could all have ended very differently.”
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