The captain of the Rowley Fire Department is praising the local man who saved his neighbor from a house fire.
The good Samaritan, Mark Collum, told NewsCenter 5 that he heard a woman screaming at about 5 a.m. Sunday.
"I heard 'Fire! Fire!' I just threw my clothes on and just, out of reaction, saw her in the kitchen milling around," Collum said Sunday. "There were flames billowing out the back, smoke filling up the kitchen."
Collum then ran into the Wethersfield Street home and was able to get his neighbor, Deb Shanahan, out of the fire. Shanahan was hurt, but her injuries are not believed to be serious.
"I just grabbed her and just took her out," he said. "I had a little smoke in my lungs, same with her, so we just kind of took her outside and things worked out well. Thank God."