Pablo Marin heard two senior ladies screaming for help and crying as they rushed out from a burning home in Canyon Country on Thursday afternoon.
The abrupt sound caught his attention and he, along with his two nephews, sprang into action when he saw a home covered in flames, he said in Spanish during a phone call with The Signal.
Marin and his nephews, Antonio and Jonathan, ran toward the flames with their car-detailing equipment and attempted to extinguish the flames and stop the spread as firefighters were en route to the fire, he said.
A Newhall resident and the owner of his own car-detailing business, Marin was in the area providing his service to a nearby home when the fire broke out, he said.
Firefighters were dispatched to the 19100 block of west Sierra Estates in Canyon Country at 2:52 p.m., said Howard Tieu, a spokesperson with the Los Angeles County Fire Department, during initial reports. The first unit was on the scene of the incident five minutes after initial dispatch time, he added.
Vanessa Barron, a nearby resident, saw Marin quickly attempt to extinguish the flames by spraying water where he could, and called him a hero for his actions.
“We thought there were more people in the house, but it was just the two ladies,” Marin said, adding that no visible injuries could be seen on them and he was just relieved everyone was safe and out of the burning house.
The residential fire was knocked down at 3:16 p.m., Saadullah Sheikh, a spokesperson with the L.A. County Fire Department, said in a followup phone call. No injuries or transports were reported, he added.
The house suffered damage on the roof, and a side window, according to reports from the scene and the cause of the fire was not immediately known at the time of this story’s publication.
Signal Staff Writer Maya Morales contributed to this report.
Video courtesy of Vanessa Barron
