WHITESTOWN, Ind. — Two passersby are credited with helping save a Whitestown homeowner from a blazing house fire Saturday night.
According the Whitestown Fire Chief Josh Westrich, the fire started just before 11 p.m. in a house on Dusty Sands Road in the Walker Farms addition.
The homeowner was pulled out of the burning house by two people who were passing by and saw the fire, and was transported to Eskanazi Hospital in Indianapolis in serious condition with 2nd and 3rd degree burns, according to Westrich.
"His wife called 911 while he made entry to the house and found the resident a few feet inside the doorway and it was apparent the resident was trying to make his way out of the residence and this Samaritan pulled him to safety, undoubtedly saving his life,” said Clint Crafton, Deputy Chief of Operations Whitestown FD.
The two Good Samaritans were checked out and released by medical crews on the scene.
The homeowner suffered burns to nearly 50 percent of his body and is currently in ICU at Eskenazi.
Authorities have not released the names of those involved.
A firefighter that was injured was also checked by medics and released at the scene.
Four departments were called to the scene from Whitestown, Lebanon, Zionsville and Boone County. They put the fire out in about an hour.
The fire also damaged the side of a neighboring home.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation.