(CBS) – Tyler Hanson happens to be a volunteer firefighter in Rutherford. He said he spotted smoke coming from a house on Union Avenue in Passaic on his way to work on Monday.
No one was on the scene yet.
The home’s residents weren’t even awake, so the good Samaritan woke them up and helped get them out.
“He actually went inside and found where the fire was at, which was in the attic. He took everybody out, told me exactly where the fire was at,” Passaic Fire Department Battalion Chief Kevin Burgos said.
