Video: Two Texas Sheriff's Deputies Rescue Burning Man From Fiery Crash

The Chambers County Sheriff's Office this week released video footage showing two deputies rescuing a man from a burning car who was on fire.
Dec. 19, 2018
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The Chambers County, Texas Sheriff's Office this week released video footage showing two deputies rescuing a man from a burning car who was on fire.

Deputies Braedon Boznango and Carlton Carrington responded to reports of a crash on Dec. 13 around 8:33 p.m. in the 3800 block of SH 124 when they found a vehicle fully engulfed in flames after rolling over, according to a news release.

There was an unconscious driver lying in the front seat with his abdomen and legs on fire and the deputies approached the vehicle and began reaching inside to rescue the man.

Boznango and Carrington were able to pull the unconscious male through the door window opening and onto the ground. Both deputies were able to place the injured man into a nearby water puddle and extinguish all flames on his body.

The male was airlifted to a Houston hospital in critical condition. Both deputies were uninjured during their rescue of this man, however, the intensity of this fire melted parts of their equipment while on their uniforms

"Had these deputies not acted quickly, decisively and without total disregard for their own safety, the seriously injured man would have perished inside the vehicle," officials said in a statement.

The video released by the Chambers County Sheriff's Office is a combination of three cameras, one in-car and two body cameras.

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