Providence Firefighter Saves Man From Rhodes Street Fire

PROVIDENCE, RI — Providence firefighters needed to make a heroic effort to save a man from a house fire on Rhodes Street on Sunday morning.

Video from the scene captured one man climbing from a second-floor balcony as fire shoots out of a window nearby. The Providence firefighters union said the man who escaped the fire can think local firefighter Stanley Carmichael.

"It may not always be caught on camera, but this is what we prepare for 24-hours per day. Great job FF Stanley Carmichael," they said.

Carmichael told WPRI that it was his first time rescuing a person from a fire, but that he felt comfortable thanks to his fellow firefighters.

"I actually felt comfortable as I could see everyone else around me doing what needed to be done," he told WPRI.

The American Red Cross is assisting the man who lived at the home, and the cause of the fire is being investigated.