The fire ultimately left 24 units damaged, 6 units with direct damage, and 12 without power. At this time, the cause of the fire is unknown.
"He had his head outside the window with smoke coming out and he was audibly screaming ‘help me,’" said Nick Perkins the Travis County ESD #2 fire chief.
"It was a great relief, I knew someone was in trouble, I could hear the screams so that was terrifying, so I’m so glad that they rescued him," said Deleon. Chief Perkins tributes working smoke detectors for waking up the man who was able to get away from the spreading fire and signal for help out the window."Have a plan, have you ever thought about how would I get out of my apartment or house in the event it caught on fire. You really want two ways out and in this instance the way this gentleman would usually exit his apartment or bedroom was not an option.
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