Yesterday morning, fire ripped through a house in Colfax and 20-year old Matt Holett became a hero after saving himself and his girlfriend.
When the fire started, aaround 6:15 in the morning, yesterday, Holett was sleeping upstairs. His mother, neice and sister were sleeping downstairs. Holett said he heard someone yelling fire, fire and when he opened the door, he got hit in the face with hot soot that burned him.
Holett woke up his girlfriend, Katlin Duchene and they ran for the stairs. But the stairs were in flames. He then smashed out a window and lowered his girlfriend down by the arms till she was about 10-feet from the ground--and dropped her, then jumped, himself.
The jump broke Holett's leg.
The fire spread to a next-door vacant house. Both homes were destroyed. Holett's family lost everything in the fire, but as for Holett and Duchene, they still feel pretty lucky.
When the fire started, aaround 6:15 in the morning, yesterday, Holett was sleeping upstairs. His mother, neice and sister were sleeping downstairs. Holett said he heard someone yelling fire, fire and when he opened the door, he got hit in the face with hot soot that burned him.
Holett woke up his girlfriend, Katlin Duchene and they ran for the stairs. But the stairs were in flames. He then smashed out a window and lowered his girlfriend down by the arms till she was about 10-feet from the ground--and dropped her, then jumped, himself.
The jump broke Holett's leg.
The fire spread to a next-door vacant house. Both homes were destroyed. Holett's family lost everything in the fire, but as for Holett and Duchene, they still feel pretty lucky.
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