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FedEx worker rushes to save house threatened by fire

FedEx worker rushes to save house threatened by fire
WEBVTT FLAMES TO SAVE ALBUQUERQUE NEIGHBORS. KA IT WAS THE MOMENT THAT STEVE AND BERNADETTE DOWNIE HAD BEEN WAITING FOR. >> WE SAW YOU ON CAMERA TRYING TO PUT OUR FIRE OUT. KAY: THE CHANCE TO THANK THIS FEDEX WORKER, MARIO HERNANDEZ, WHO JUMPED INTO ACTION TO SAVE THEIR HOME FROM BURNING IN THIS FIRE. >> I WAS TRYING TO PUT THE FIRE OUT THE BEST I COULD SO IT DIDN’T EXPAND BECAUSE THE WIND STARTED TAKING IT THAT WAY. KAY: WATCH AS THESE TWO CONSTRUCTION WORKERS JUMP OVER THE WALL. THEY SEARCH FOR A WATER HOSE THEN START SPRAYING THE AREA DOWN. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HOME, HERNANDEZ. >> I JUMPED OVER THE WALL THE OTHER MAN WAS OVER HERE. HE GRABBED THE HOSE SO I STATED GETTING WHATEVER HOSES I COULD FROM OTHER NEIGHBOR’S HOUSES AND I TRIED TO CONNECT THEM TO MAK A LONGER CHAIN. KAY: TOGETHER THE MEN SPRAYED DOWN THE OUTSIDE OF SEVERAL HOMES WITH WATER. CATCHING THE FIRE RIGHT BEFORE IT COULD DESTROY THE HOMES. >> IT WAS VERY HOT AT ONE POINT FRONT OF ME. I JUST WANTED TO HELP OUT THE BEST I COULD SINCE I’M IN THIS AREA EVERYDAY IT’S LIKE HOME. KAY: FIRE CREWS TOOK OVER MOMENTS AFTER. THEY AREN’T SURE WHAT CAUSED THE FIRE. BUT SAY 3 HOUSES WERE DAMAGED ON THE OUTSIDE. AS FOR HERNANDEZ, HE ACTUALLY WENT BACK TO WORK, FINISHED HIS ROUTE. AND THEN. >> I HAD TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL AFTERWARD. >> I DIDN’T KNOW THAT.
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FedEx worker rushes to save house threatened by fire
Workers are being called heroes after they stopped a fire in the foothills from burning down several homes.Homeowners caught construction workers and a FedEx employee saving the homes on their surveillance video.The men were jumping over walls and using other neighbors' water hoses to put out the flames.

Workers are being called heroes after they stopped a fire in the foothills from burning down several homes.

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Homeowners caught construction workers and a FedEx employee saving the homes on their surveillance video.

The men were jumping over walls and using other neighbors' water hoses to put out the flames.