Irish rock band, Dissension Rising, have been praised for saving children from a burning building.
The band who are currently on tour in New Jersey, America, were staying in a house that caught fire. The four members of the band, Danni Carroll, Keith Garrett, Rob Higgins and Kian Johnston, along with their driver Justin Carroll and their management came to the rescue of the families affected by the blaze.
According to The Mirror, Justin Carroll said: “The families and the fire brigade involved all kept saying to everyone if we had not been there or if we had not reacted when and how we did, 10 minutes later everyone would be dead from smoke inhalation.”
He added, “It was getting hard to see and breathe but once we knew we had everyone who was in the house downstairs we ran out. But we didn’t realise there was another family who lived in the basement until Danni shouted she could hear screams.
“Danni and Keith ran around the back of the house followed by myself and Mr Vasquez [the father of the family who lived upstairs].
“We could hear screaming. There were flames at the rear of the house coming through the walls. We were met by a woman carrying a child. Danni asked if anyone else was in the house and she said, ‘Yes, the kids are in there’.”
He continued, “There was panic inside the apartment, which was quickly filling with smoke. A policeman had just arrived on the scene and the officer, Mr Vasquez and myself started getting people out of there and handing them over to Danni, Keith, Kian and Rob, who guided the women with babies and children to the car.
“They were in shock and the babies were crying. Rob and Kian stayed with them. It was chaos.”
One woman, Kim Foulkes, thanked the band and said that they are the only reason her family are alive today.
Lead image via Facebook/Kim Foulkes
