A house fire in Longview forced a family from their home, but everyone inside got out safely after a 5-year-old spotted the flames and a passing EMT stopped to help.

Firefighters responded on April 6 to the 100 block of Jester Circle, where they found heavy fire at the front of the home, KLTV reported.

Officials said all six people inside escaped safely after the boy woke up to popping sounds and saw flames above the front door.

Jana Herrera, an EMT with Nueces County Emergency Services District 2 in Bullard, was driving by when she saw the fire and rushed to help.

“The front door was completely in flames,” Herrera said.

Herrera said she went in through a sliding glass door and found the boy pulling at a woman on the floor.

“Together we pulled her out of the building,” Herrera said. “She grabbed me and said that I needed to make sure that the other occupants in the adjoining structure were out because they’re bed-bound.”

Herrera then banged on the neighboring duplex door and was let inside. She and the woman’s husband helped lift the woman from bed into a mobility lift as smoke quickly filled the home.

They moved her down the hall and got her out safely.

Herrera told KLTV the outcome could have been different if she had taken her usual route to work. Instead, she went another way and arrived as the fire broke out.

“I was the right person, the right place at the right time,” Herrera said.

📸 Credit: KLTV