Bodycam shows Chattanooga officer rushing into burning home, rescuing family
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Chattanooga, TN - A police officer rushed into a burning apartment in Tennessee to save a mom and her two young children.
On the night of Friday, May 1, a fire broke out at a two-story apartment building in the 500 block of Cranberry Way in Chattanooga, the Chattanooga Fire Department said in an alert. By 9:45 p.m. local time, fire officials received several reports of flames coming from an apartment on the second floor, and police officers were already at the scene.
“Officers acted fast to evacuate residents,” the agency said.
In a separate post, the Chattanooga Police Department celebrated one of its heroic officers, identified as Officer Rogers, and shared body camera footage of his daring rescue.
The department said that he was the first to arrive at the scene and witnessed flames licking at the front door. When neighbors told him that people were still inside, Rogers jumped into action.
In the footage, the officer ran inside the smoke-filled apartment and grabbed a child. A woman carrying another child followed him outside to safety. Later in the video, Rogers used a fire extinguisher to quell some of the flames on the exterior of the door.
Ultimately, Rogers helped save two children and their mother, police said. No injuries were reported.