Rogers quickly kicked down the front door and entered the home, dodging flames as he searched throughout. He found two children and their mother, Rachel Blaylock, upstairs, and he carried the 4-year-old girl to safety. As he went back in, the 10-year-old boy came out with Blaylock, who told Rogers no one else was inside.
"I keep thinking back, how was I going to get two kids down the stairs?" Blaylock told WTVC-TV. "He just grabs her, and he was willing to go back in. And I was trying to tell him that no one else was there, but he was going back up."
After the house was clear, Rogers used a fire extinguisher to try to put out the flames before firefighters arrived. No one was injured in the incident.
"Police are not trained in firefighting, but they do take an oath to serve and protect," the department stated. "And that is exactly what Ofc. Rogers did …"
Ebony Cox, a neighbor who witnessed the fire, also lauded Rogers' courageous actions.
"He was just a brave person to react like that," she told WTVC. "He could have got hurt, but he didn't care. He just kept on kicking the door."
