'Heroic Rescue': Firefighter Helps Man And His Dog as Airport Fire Spreads

A firefighter helped a man and his dog escape from El Cariso, California, as the Airport fire closed in, video from September 12 shows.

Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Department shared this video on Thursday of a firefighter spotting the man and his dog walking around El Cariso.

“Another day, another heroic rescue. Division Chief Crater stepped up to help a man and his dog…guiding them to safety as a rapidly advancing fire front from the Airport Fire closed in,” they captioned the video.

“Hey, can I get you out of here?” the firefighter asks the man.

“Bring the dog. Let’s go man I want you out of here,” he says.

Both the man and his dog were safely evacuated and unharmed, Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Department said.

The fire had burned through more than 23,400 acres on Thursday and was five percent contained, according to Cal Fire. Credit: Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Department via Storyful

Video transcript

Of the mountain.

There were, bye.

Division.

Tango, Branchy Town Tech.

Do you wanna sit down there by the 430 seat Battalion a trick?

Hey, can I get you out of here?

Ah, yeah, I don't care.

Bring the dog.

Let's go, man.

I want you out of here.

Just throw all that stuff to the side.

There you go.

Get in my front seat.

I, I gotta hang on to him.

Ok. Well, get in, slide over, just push all that stuff out of the way.

All right, Bud.

If you hear that, are you injured?

No, 1404 out, I'm gonna get you down to the Ortega Market, Ortega and Grand.

All right.

You good with that because the fire is coming back through.

Yeah, we're, we're about to get shut off right here right here.

You can see the hose look like they're still playing.

And then I started.

Is anybody in this house?

She's gone?

I'm the only one left over.

All right.

All right.

Sounds good.