(WFAA) – It’s safe to say Sgt. Jimmy Combs didn’t expect his Wednesday night patrol to end with performing CPR after helping rescue a 13-year-old girl from a raging house fire.
That’s part of being a cop in Tarrant County.
“Ya’ never know what will happen,” says Combs. “But on a Wednesday night in Everman? No, I mean it just happened.”
Combs was driving down Everman Parkway around 11:30 p.m. when he saw an orange glow a few streets away. The home was fully engulfed in flames.
Combs was the first emergency responder on scene, and it wasn’t long before neighbors and a mother started yelling about a girl trapped inside the home.
“The fire was so hot,” he said. “It was full of smoke and heat. So hot, such a thick smoke, it was unreal.”
Body camera footage from Combs shows he tried to find the girl through her back bedroom window.
Soon, a Fort Worth firefighter arrived on scene and geared up to jump into the bedroom.
