Watch: Cellphone video captured the heart-pounding moments a young man jumped into action to help save an Upland family whose home caught fire on the Fourth of July.
Caleb Delasantos, 19, was watching fireworks with his girlfriend around 10 p.m. when he saw flames shooting up from the residence. He darted to the scene and helped the panicked and disoriented residents before firefighters had arrived.
“We were just following just the smoke trail that we seen in the sky, and we eventually found the little road that led up to the house,” Delasantos said in an interview with NBC4. Once they arrived, Delasantos immediately ran up to the home and heard someone say her dad was inside.Sign up for NBC LA newsletters.
"Right as I was opening the door, I met up with the guy that was in the home, the homeowner, and he was like in a frantic panic mode. He kept saying, ‘Get the keys. Get the keys,’” Delasantos recalled.Delasantos then helped guide the couple as they moved their cars away from their fully engulfed garage. As the fire raged, Delasantos grabbed a water hose and tried to do his best to keep the fire from spreading to the home while also making sure the family’s pets were OK.
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