A boy knew exactly what to do when his family’s home caught on fire Tuesday in Petersburg, Virginia.
When 12-year-old 7th grader Ramir Parker smelled smoke while inside the house on Burks Street, he went to investigate and realized something terrible and dangerous was happening, WTVR reported.
According to his mother, Andrea Parker, her mother-in-law and Ramir were upstairs when he smelled the smoke. At first they thought the commotion was his younger brothers, who are one and two years old, playing after waking up from their nap downstairs.
Petersburg Fire Rescue and Emergency Services said in a social media post on Tuesday that Ramir also heard crackling and rattling sounds that kept growing louder. He went into the hallway where he saw
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