{"id":15542,"date":"2018-02-01T13:06:45","date_gmt":"2018-02-01T18:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/georgiaarsoncontrol.org\/?p=15542"},"modified":"2018-02-01T13:06:45","modified_gmt":"2018-02-01T18:06:45","slug":"off-duty-firefighter-saves-neighbor-after-home-clothes-catch-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/georgiaarsoncontrol.org\/?p=15542","title":{"rendered":"Off-Duty Firefighter Saves Neighbor After Home, Clothes Catch Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"

(NBC Washington<\/a>) \u2013 Minutes after waking to the sound of screams outside his home, a D.C. firefighter saved a woman who was on fire, plus several homes.<\/p>\n

Danny Atlas jumped into action Monday morning when his friend and neighbor\u2019s home and clothing caught fire.<\/p>\n

Atlas awoke to a woman\u2019s screams outside his home in\u00a01300 block of Rittenhouse Street NW and ran outside.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just saw my neighbor completely on fire,\u201d Atlas said.<\/p>\n

The elderly woman was using a water spigot to try to extinguish her clothes.<\/p>\n

The firefighter helped roll his neighbor and smothered the flames using a blanket. He then gave her first aid.<\/p>\n

Another neighbor noticed the woman\u2019s house was on fire, and Atlas again snapped into first-responder mode: He ran to grab his own fire extinguisher and contained the flames inside the row house.<\/p>\n

Officials say Atlas\u2019s quick actions may have saved several neighboring houses from the blaze until on-duty firefighters arrived.<\/p>\n

The woman was critically injured and taken to a hospital, fire officials said.<\/p>\n

Atlas sometimes has dinner with the woman. He plans to visit her at the hospital.<\/p>\n

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