Two Domino’s employees are now considered heroes after saving an 8-year-old boy from a house fire in Oak Lawn, Ill., a suburb of Chicago.
At approximately 1:15 a.m. on Oct. 7, calls began coming in with reports of a fire at Airway Mobile Home Community located on 90th Street and Cicero Avenue, per Patch.com.
“We don’t believe the call came from the residence as the father and one of his sons were able to self-evacuate,” Chief Mike McMillin of the Oak Lawn Fire Department said in a statement, according to the outlet. “Two civilians were able to help the father break a window and get the other boy out.”
The Chicago Tribune reported that the child’s father and another son had made it out of the mobile home, but were still attempting to get the 8-year-old out when the Domino’s employees arrived.
“We saw the trailer on fire and the father and his son were trying to get another son out through the trailer,” Naser Khanfar, a driver for Domino’s, said, per the Tribune. “The father and I broke the windows to help take the boy outside.”
Khanfar and his coworker Sara Jones were closing up their store location for the night when they saw the flames from Domino’s, both outlets reported.
Firefighters extinguished the flames in around half an hour, and no injuries were reported.
Acknowledging the Domino’s employees quick response, McMillin said, “It’s good that people are willing to get involved and help.”
