The Saskatoon Fire Department has two new heroes after an incredible story of bravery from Sunday.
Ami Kingler, 14, and her brother Colson, 11, sprung into action after he spotted a fire in the neighbour’s backyard and ran to alert them about the blaze that would completely engulf their home.
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On Friday, the pair and their father were handsomely rewarded with handshakes for their courage and received recognition for their actions from fire chief Morgan Hackl and NDP member of Parliament Sheri Benson.
“I called 911 immediately and Ami asked if she should go over to the house and see if there’s anyone in the house,” Dave Klinger said.
As it turns out, there were people in the home along the 500-block of Hampton Circle as the two teens knocked on the door for several minutes on end.
“I just felt like if I stopped knocking somebody could have gotten hurt,” Ami Kingler said.
Fire officials said at the time the three residents inside the home were completely unaware a fiery inferno was about to erupt and that the young family prevented a possible tragedy from unfolding.
“One of our chiefs on scene indicated that when that fire actually broke through into the house it moved through the house pretty quickly,” assistant chief Wayne Rodger said.
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Damages to the home have been pegged at $400,000.
According to Rodger, the cause of the blaze was determined to be a cigarette butt tossed out back close to the home’s natural gas line and a propane tank.
This would have been why the house was so quickly consumed by flames and the teens all the more heroic.
“These are just two individuals in a great city that are looking out for one another,” Rodger added.
The pair said they’re not so sure their actions could be described as brave.
“I’m not really a hero. I just did what’s right,” Ami said.