PHOTO – Officer Kicks Door Open to Save Children from House Fire: ‘God Bless This True Hero’
Officer Bill Beaudette of the St. Paul Police Department in Minnesota was going about his routine Thursday when things took a dangerous turn.

Officer Bill Beaudette of the St. Paul Police Department in Minnesota was going about his routine Thursday when things took a dangerous turn.
A remarkable amount of money has been raised for a brave pizza delivery man who saved five children from a burning house.
Authorities in Lafayette, Indiana, are praising a man who put himself in extreme danger to save others on Monday.
A quick-acting Nebraska man rescued his two wheelchair-bound neighbors and their dog from a burning home shortly before the roof collapsed.
Three Missouri firefighters were recently honored for their heroic rescue of an unconscious ten-year-old girl during a roaring house fire in January.
A 22-year-old Delaware police officer helped six people escape a scorching Dewey Beach house fire last weekend, which victims and officials say could have turned deadly if not for his actions.
A Louisiana fire chief is praising three men for heroically rescuing a 67-year-old woman from her burning home on Saturday.
A policeman in Mesa, Arizona, and fellow citizens put themselves in danger to help a 63-year-old man out of an extremely dangerous situation.
A 94-year-old World War II-era veteran from New Jersey lost his home in a fire last month, but loving neighbors and a tidal wave of online donors from all over the country are working on getting him back on his feet.
A swift-acting ten-year-old boy helped his eight family members escape an early morning Mississippi house fire earlier this week.
An entire family in Coventry, Rhode Island, was saved from extreme danger recently because their special companion knew exactly how to help.
Three officers from the Oakland Police Department (OPD) in Florida are being lauded for rescuing two residents from a house fire Tuesday.
Police officers saved an individual trapped by a fire in Dunwoody, Georgia, on Sunday, and citizens are praising their efforts.
A Texas father is praising his family’s newly adopted dog after she woke them in the night to alert them their home was on fire.
Two Connecticut police officers and a fire chief rescued a 90-year-old woman and her daughter from a burning home Tuesday.
A good Samaritan says, “the grace of God” helped her rescue two elderly women from a house fire in Vicksburg, Mississippi, on Friday.
An Iowa community is banding together to support a family who lost everything they owned in a house fire over the weekend.
Anthony Lombardi and Mario Comella were enjoying a bike ride in Coventry, Rhode Island, when they heard fire alarms going off.
Officials honored an eight-year-old Texas boy for quickly alerting his parents that their neighbor’s home was on fire early New Year’s Day.
A Tennessee home caught fire recently with a family inside and the story might have had a different ending if not for the actions of a nine-year-old boy.
A Pennsylvania father and his two young sons died in a house fire early Christmas morning, while his wife and eldest son made it out alive.
Former Virginia Gov. Chuck Robb (D) and his wife are hospitalized with nonlife-threatening after a fire rampaged through their mansion.
A 27-year-old woman has been arrested following a South London house fire that killed four children.
A Virginia community has joined forces to aid a Loudoun County Army veteran who has experienced several tragedies.
A Maryland homeowner’s plan to stop a snake infestation with smoke took a bad turn when the person accidentally burned down their manor.
A “hero” is how family and friends will remember 17-year-old Xaven Garcia, the Albuquerque resident who died recently when he ran back into his home that was on fire to help his family.
A mystery jogger is being hailed as a hero after he rescued a family’s pets from a house fire while they were out of the home.
An 82-year-old woman was rescued from a house fire in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, by a family member and good Samaritans who were passing by.
Video showed the moment two men saved a 97-year-old woman as a fire raged inside her home on Friday in Nashua, New Hampshire.
A quick-thinking 11-year-old Texas boy called 9-1-1 and notified neighbors the moment he witnessed a house fire in the middle of the night on September 24 in the Cy-Fair area in Northwest Harris County, Texas.
An 11-year-old Florida girl saved a puppy’s life by dialing 9-1-1 after she noticed it was caught in a house fire. Mackenzie Jenkins was on a swing in her yard when she heard barking coming from a neighboring residence. The
A Wisconsin teenager is being praised for rescuing his four sisters from a house fire that occurred recently in Webster.
Ray Lucas and his girlfriend went to a nearby gas station in Eastpointe, Michigan, recently and were gone for approximately 15 minutes.
A Maryland woman is facing attempted murder and arson charges after she allegedly set her house on fire while someone else was inside and watched it burn from a chair on her front lawn.
An Indiana community helped a family of five rebuild their lives after their home burned down in February.
Fernando Montes de Oca narrowly escaped a house fire in his Texas home thanks to his four-legged friend Rocky.
Police rescued a 74-year-old woman from a burning home in Royal Oak, Michigan, according to a recently-released bodycam video of the incident.
A single father of four had the misfortune of losing his home to a fire on March 19, but he and his family have been able to get through these difficult times thanks to their Vallejo, California, community.
A Chicago firefighter pulled his colleague to safety after his colleague almost fell through the staircase of a burning home on Thursday in Chicago’s West Englewood neighborhood.
A Missouri police officer is being praised for his heroic actions after he saved an elderly couple from a house fire.