Samantha Olive Barnhouse saved Lobis Burton from burning, Antioch, California, February 17, 2018. Burton, 78, was inside a second-floor apartment when fire broke out in the kitchen. Barnhouse, 30, homemaker, lived across the street and was alerted to the fire. She hurried to Burton’s apartment and entered through the front door, moving past the burning kitchen to reach Burton, who was in a bedroom and unable to move due to an injured hip. Barnhouse found Burton sitting in a desk chair, which had wheels, and grasped the back of the chair. She pulled Burton from the bedroom and into the hall, as smoke, flames, and heat increased in intensity. Barnhouse moved the chair past the kitchen and to the door, where the chair became stuck in the doorway. Barnhouse pulled on the chair, freeing it, and she and Burton fell outside onto the patio beneath flames issuing overhead through the doorway. Within a minute the apartment’s windows began to break due to the heat. Burton was hospitalized for smoke inhalation and a broken hip; he was not burned. Barnhouse was treated at a hospital for smoke inhalation; she recovered. 89700-10058
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