'If we didn't go, what could've happened could've been catastrophically bad,' one officer said.
OXFORD, Pennsylvania --
Two Chester County police officers are being hailed as heroes for helping to get residents out of their homes after aBodycam footage from the Oxford Police Department shows the officersOfficers Scott Richards and Karlianna Eller ran into the flames knowing there were lives to save. "You're smelling the smoke, you're hearing the crackle and the pops of the fire, and you can taste it," Richards described. "You can taste the smoke. You can feel the heat as I'm going past the windows and the wall."
The four-alarm fire broke out in the warehouse of Dubarry of Ireland around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday in Oxford. It quickly spread to four more businesses and the apartments above where 25 families lived. "It's 11:30 at night. Pretty much everybody is going to be home. A lot of people are going to be sleeping," said Richards.READ |
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