{"id":13778,"date":"2016-03-15T14:56:06","date_gmt":"2016-03-15T14:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/georgiaarsoncontrol.org\/?p=13778"},"modified":"2016-03-15T14:56:06","modified_gmt":"2016-03-15T14:56:06","slug":"rotc-cadets-save-citizens-home-from-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/georgiaarsoncontrol.org\/?p=13778","title":{"rendered":"ROTC Cadets save citizen’s home from fire"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>Read the full story HERE\u203a\u203a<\/a>\n

DAHLONEGA, Ga.<\/strong> \u2013 It was just another Sunday afternoon for two friends from Bravo Company<\/span> $\"\"$ <\/span><\/a> cadets at the University of North Georgia.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were just driving<\/span> $\"\"$ <\/span><\/a> around on Crown Mountain,\u201d said Cadet Hunter Howlin. \u201cWe were showing Uwase around Dahlonega and then we saw smoke billowing out from behind a house.\u201d<\/p>\n

The three cadets, Chris Harvey, Hunter Howlin and Yannick \u201cFred\u201d Uwase Sekamana, were driving by and immediately noticed how fast<\/span> $\"\"$ <\/span><\/a> the wind was blowing the fire toward the house.<\/p>\n

Howlin dialed 911 to get the Fire Department on the scene, while Harvey and Uwase got out of the vehicle and ran to the house. Initially no one answered the door, so they immediately began fighting the fire before the Fire Department even arrived on the scene. \u00a0Bill<\/span> $\"\"$ <\/span><\/a> opened the door, surprised to discover what had changed in the short period of time he was in the house.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was pretty close to catching the house on fire,\u201d explained Cadet Harvey. \u201cWe had water in the car, so we started using that and stomping out other areas of the fire where we could.\u201d<\/p>\n

They also went on to elaborate that the wheelbarrow in the yard \u201cwas all melted\u201d, and they even had to move a riding lawn mower that the flames were close to engulfing.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe just picked it up and moved it. It didn\u2019t start,\u201d Uwase recounted \u2013 as if carrying heavy machinery was an everyday task.<\/p>\n

Apparently Bill Grier, the homeowner, was burning some brush in the back yard. \u00a0He stepped inside just briefly to get something. Meanwhile, his wife, Sharon Thomason a local real estate agent<\/span> $\"\"$ <\/span><\/a> with Chestatee Real Estate, was out and about showing homes. While Bill was in the house, the wind spread the fire rapidly, and it began to approach the back porch and house. \u00a0Sharon arrived home<\/span> $\"\"$ <\/span><\/a> about the same time the fire began to spread.<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"