{"id":263,"date":"2023-12-06T16:07:57","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T16:07:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/makamuki.com\/?p=263"},"modified":"2023-12-06T16:07:57","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T16:07:57","slug":"uncle-left-with-third-degree-burns-after-running-into-burning-building-to-save-8-year-old-girl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/makamuki.com\/?p=263","title":{"rendered":"Uncle left with third-degree burns after running into burning building to save 8-year-old girl"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"5c53f654ecb6b2e2c397431cfdb6dd0a\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:99px 0 99px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<!-- Composite Start -->\r\n<div id=\"M926082ScriptRootC1556461\"><\/div>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/jsc.adskeeper.com\/m\/a\/makamuki.com.1556461.js\" async><\/script>\r\n<!-- Composite End -->\n<\/div>\n\n<p>A Washington man is rightfully being hailed a hero after charging into a burning home to save his eight-year-old niece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reports detail how 20-year-old Derrick Byrd suffered second and third-degree burns on his face, back, and arms, having rushed into the building when he became aware his niece was trapped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking to KOMO-TV, he said: \u201cEven though I got burnt, I really didn\u2019t care, though. I\u2019d rather get burnt than her. She\u2019s young. She\u2019s still got a lot of stuff going for her. She\u2019s a good kid.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/makamuki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-17.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/makamuki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-17.png 512w, https:\/\/makamuki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-17-300x165.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The fire, at a home in Aberdeen, Washington is believed to have started while Byrd and six other family members were inside, including his sister, Kayla, and her three children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Byrd caught his nephews, Junior and Royce, when they jumped from a window on the second floor. His eight-year-old niece Mercedes, however, was too afraid to jump after having watched Kayla fall from the roof.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Without thinking, Byrd dashed back into the house to rescue her. Within moments, he could feel the flames on him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI could feel it burning me,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI got her and took my shirt off and put it around her face so she wouldn\u2019t breathe in any smoke and I just carried her out as fast as I could.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d run back in there and do it again even if I got burnt worse or died.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Commenting on all those dubbing him a hero, he simply replied:&nbsp;\u201cI can\u2019t say a hero. 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