LOGANVILLE, Georgia — Newly released body camera video published by WSB-TV shows Loganville Police Officer Crystal Citron running toward a burning Bay Creek Road home and pulling a trapped man through a front window before firefighters arrived.
WSB-TV reported that smoke was coming through the roof when Citron reached the home. A man was stuck in the window while trying to escape, and the video captured him yelling, “Help me!” as the officer moved in to get him clear.
Officer reached the home before fire crews
FOX 5 Atlanta, citing Loganville Fire Chief Tim Johnson and Public Information Officer Sharon Swanepoel, reported that firefighters were sent to the 300 block of Bay Creek Road around 9:35 a.m. Tuesday for a house fire with flames showing from the front-left corner of the single-story home.
Before emergency crews arrived, FOX 5 reported, Citron pulled the male resident to safety through a window. Loganville firefighters and Walton County Fire Rescue then knocked down the fire, which officials said was confined to the living room.
Bodycam shows the urgency of the rescue
According to WSB-TV, the man told Citron he had been asleep and did not know how the fire started. The station reported that a dog had escaped the home and turned on Citron while she was working, but the officer continued the rescue and walked away with scratches.
WSB-TV said the home suffered enough damage that the city had to condemn it. The cause of the fire remained under investigation, and the station reported no major injuries.
“I just had to make sure that he got out of the damn house,” Citron told WSB-TV.
For Support Law Enforcement readers, this is the kind of split-second patrol work that rarely fits neatly into a headline: an officer arriving first, smoke already pushing from the roof, a resident trapped halfway through a window, and firefighters close behind to finish the job.
Sources reviewed
- WSB-TV: “Officer saves Georgia man who got stuck in window trying to escape house fire”
- FOX 5 Atlanta: “Loganville police officer pulls man through window of burning home”
- WSB-TV source still used for the featured image
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