Fla. Man Hauls Trash Fire Away From House
Posted on: Thursday, 22 June 2006, 18:00 CDT
NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. - Confronted with a trash fire he could not put out, Michael Dearsman used his pickup truck to drag it away from a house full of dogs and sleeping teenagers.
Dearsman, 39, spotted the blaze Tuesday afternoon. He managed to hook the trash-filled lawn trailer to his truck with a rusty chain and pulled it away from the house.
Pasco County sheriff's deputies said Dearsman's quick thinking prevented "heavy damage to the two-story structure and possible loss of life."
Deputies think the fire was intentionally set.
Dearsman and another bystander tried to put out the fire with a garden hose. Firefighters extinguished the blazing trailer in less than a minute.
"I said, "Have at it,'" Dearsman said. "'Your hose is bigger than mine.'"
Source: Associated Press/AP Online
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