Postman turns fireman to help pensioner

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http://www.bridgwatermercury.co.uk/news ... sioner.php

A PLUCKY postman delivered an early Christmas miracle by rescuing a Sedgemoor pensioner involved in a kitchen fire, while out on his round.

John Bull, 38, who lives in Cheddar, was posting letters in Shapwick, near Bridgwater on Tuesday (December 11) when he heard a smoke alarm coming from a house up the road.

He ventured inside the property after seeing smoke billowing from the kitchen door and encountered a distressed elderly woman trying to deal with a pan fire.

John told the Mercury: "I was doing my normal rounds when I heard a smoke alarm going off and saw smoke coming out of the kitchen.

"An elderly lady her 90s, had a taken a flaming pan and put it on a Zimmer frame - she couldn't do anything to put it out. I went in, took the pan off her and covered it with a damp cloth.

"With the things in the kitchen the house would have gone up and her life would have been in danger."
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The shaken resident, who asked Mr Bull if he was a fireman, was extremely grateful to the postman for his act of bravery.

But John, who is hanging up his postman's cap to become a police officer next year, played down his part in the drama.

He said: "The fire alarm was the thing that saved her - I think anyone would have done what I did."

11:19am Saturday 22nd December 2007

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But John, who is hanging up his postman's cap to become a police officer next year, played down his part in the drama.

From one pay crisis to another
Seriously, though, well done!