A Hilliers woman is lucky to be alive after she was rescued from a burning mobile home by her neighbours.

On Monday (Feb. 26) Stacy Duchscherer and his wife Kim Duchscherer stopped by to check on their home, which was being renovated, when he saw thick smoke coming from his neighbour91裸聊视频檚 residence.

At first he thought someone might be burning garbage in their backyard, but soon realized the smoke was coming from his elderly neighbour91裸聊视频檚 home.

91裸聊视频淢y wife ran to the front door and I went to the back porch and I climbed in, up the stairs and I looked in,91裸聊视频� said Duchscherer, who was glad he happened to be wearing his prosthetic leg that day, as he spends most of his time in a wheelchair. 91裸聊视频淵ou could hardly see there91裸聊视频檚 so much smoke. I yelled 91裸聊视频榟ello!91裸聊视频� and I didn91裸聊视频檛 hear anything. I walked further in, but you couldn91裸聊视频檛 see because it was black. There was smoke everywhere. I couldn91裸聊视频檛 breathe.91裸聊视频�

He yelled again and this time he heard a little voice call back to him. Duchscherer could make out a small figure walking through the smoke.

The woman, her face blackened by smoke, asked Duchscherer to help her put out the fire.

91裸聊视频淎nd I said, 91裸聊视频榥o, no we have to get out, you can91裸聊视频檛 go back in,91裸聊视频�91裸聊视频� he said. 91裸聊视频淪he started back in, to what I later learned was her bedroom, but you couldn91裸聊视频檛 see it was so black.91裸聊视频�

Duchscherer had to step back outside onto the porch to grab a deep breath. Holding his breath, he went back inside, unable to see past his nose because of the thick smoke.

He found his neighbour still attempting to put out the fire amid the confusion. Duchscherer put his arm around her and guided her out of the trailer, aided by the sound of his wife91裸聊视频檚 voice at the front door.

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Duchscherer checked the trailer to make sure no one else was inside. Worried about gas lines, he left, then called 911 and sat down with Kim and the neighbour.

91裸聊视频淗er face was burned, her hair was all singed,91裸聊视频� Duchscherer said.

One person was transported to hospital, according to Fire Chief Ron Schildroth, of the Coombs-Hilliers Volunteer Fire Department.

Duchscherer is just glad he was there to help and said he doesn91裸聊视频檛 think his neighbour would have survived more than a few minutes longer in the burning trailer.

91裸聊视频淚t was pure luck we were there at that time. And it91裸聊视频檚 weird because you always wonder what you would do,91裸聊视频� he said. 91裸聊视频淲e didn91裸聊视频檛 even think, we just bolted. My wife went in the front and I went in the back.91裸聊视频�

He and his wife had stopped by on a whim to check out the home that day.

91裸聊视频淲e weren91裸聊视频檛 even going to be there,91裸聊视频� he said. 91裸聊视频淲e just at the last minute thought, 91裸聊视频榣et91裸聊视频檚 go to the house91裸聊视频�. Because it91裸聊视频檚 supposed to be finished this week.91裸聊视频�

The smoke inhalation gave both Duchscherer and his wife headaches, even the day after the fire, plus sore throats and tight chests.

He is concerned for his neighbours, who are both elderly and now have lost their home.

91裸聊视频淭heir lives are going to be in turmoil,91裸聊视频� Duchscherer wrote in a follow-up email to the PQB News. 91裸聊视频淎nd that91裸聊视频檚 sad, because they are both in their later years, and are both unable to walk, lift or move things. Happiness for sure as they are both alive, but sad because they91裸聊视频檝e lost everything.91裸聊视频�

The fire department was paged out at approximately 10:45 a.m. and within the hour the fire was out and crews were clearing the scene, Schildroth added.

CHVFD was assisted by the Errington, Qualicum Beach, Dashwood and Parksville departments.

The cause of the fire is under investigation, according to Schildroth.