Aurora Man Pulls Victim From Burning Single-Story Home

AURORA, IL — An Aurora man rescued a struggling victim early Tuesday morning in a house fire. About five blocks from his home, 51-year-old man, Ricardo Parra stopped his car and rushed to help, according to the Aurora Beacon-News.

One person had managed to escape from the residence on the 400 block of South Ohio Street, but another man was trapped inside, according to a press release from the Aurora Fire Department. Ricardo told the Beacon-News he wasn’t afraid. Instead, he just reacted without thinking and pulled the man to safety.

Capt. Jim Rhodes of the Aurora Fire Department told the paper that although the fire’s cause is under investigation, it doesn’t appear to be suspicious. A slightly shaken Ricardo returned to work at his bakery that morning in West Chicago, where he was able to recount the tale for his son.

Estimated damage to the single-story— now uninhabitable home— is $80,000, the release said. It took 29 firefighters to extinguish the heavy fire in under an hour. There were no injuries to the firefighters, but the two victims were transported to area hospitals for smoke inhalation.

>>Read more from the Aurora Beacon-News here.

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