Morung Express News
Dimapur | September 8
In a selfless feat of courage, a young boy saved an elderly man from fire at a village in Nagaland. The incident, as narrated by a teacher over phone, occurred at Yaongyimsen village in Mokokchung district on September 4.
It was Sunday morning around 10:30 am, most of the village folks were at church, when a house caught fire. The house at the time was occupied by a 74 year-old man, hard of hearing, who was taking a nap in his room. Unbeknownst to the elderly man, the kitchen went up in flames.
The fire had enveloped the entire kitchen, when a 17 year-old boy next door saw flames erupting from the roof. The boy, Chingai Wangsa, rushed towards the burning house and saw the door bolted from inside. Sensing there could be someone inside, he called out for the occupant but there was no response. He banged open the door, went in pass the kitchen enveloped in flames and to the room where he found the elderly man sound asleep. He woke the man up and helped him out to safety. As per the account, at the time he reached the room, the flames had already reached the ceiling of the room.
He then went back to his house, grabbed a 2 year-old toddler, whom he was baby-sitting, and ran for help. He met a man on the way, who was also heading towards the burning house, and handed the toddler to the man. He returned to the burning house and released livestock confined at the back of the house.
By that time the village people were alerted, who rushed to douse the fire. The house was completely charred as LPG cylinders in the house exploded. Fortunately, there were two water tanks adjacent, which helped in preventing the fire from spreading to the nearby houses.
