{"id":1181252,"date":"2022-01-02T20:34:16","date_gmt":"2022-01-03T01:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1181252"},"modified":"2022-01-02T20:34:18","modified_gmt":"2022-01-03T01:34:18","slug":"report-man-goes-into-burning-home-and-rescues-neighbor-during-colorado-wildfire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-man-goes-into-burning-home-and-rescues-neighbor-during-colorado-wildfire\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Man Goes into Burning Home and Rescues Neighbor During Colorado Wildfire"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freport-man-goes-into-burning-home-and-rescues-neighbor-during-colorado-wildfire%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1181252&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/family-helps-neighbors-wildfire-homes-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">A man rescued his neighbor from a burning home during Colorado\u2019s wildfire, which destroyed nearly 1,000 structures, making it the most destructive in state history.<\/p>\n<p>Phil Kupfner and his extended family <a href=\"https:\/\/www.9news.com\/article\/news\/local\/wildfire\/man-saves-neighbor-from-flames-marshall-fire\/73-f9a8f3f3-018f-4a11-b0c0-60371418d5d1\">have<\/a> strong roots in Superior, per KUSA. He and his brothers have homes located on a few acres on the west side of town, and as the fire raged toward them, they did all they could to stave it off.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>His niece Jessica told KUSA:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span>They were originally kind of using their hoses, and they thought they had kind of made some progress with a lot in deterring the fire. And then they just saw embers kind of coming up over the top and catching all their roofs on fire. And that was when they were like, \u2018oh God, get out.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Before he could evacuate, Phil went to save his neighbor Dave.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Man saves neighbor from flames during Marshall Fire <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P6Pp9fd4Jk\">https:\/\/t.co\/P6Pp9fd4Jk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 9NEWS Denver (@9NEWS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/9NEWS\/status\/1477647135894028292?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 2, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>\u201cHe knew the neighbor was inside,\u201d Jessica said. \u201cSo yeah, he went back.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>His family explained he ran into Dave\u2019s burning home and got him out.<\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cHe put him in his truck, and they drove out of the fire and the flame,\u201d Jessica explained. Phil drove Dave to the hospital, and now both men are in an intensive care unit, unable to speak.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThey have burns in their throats and lungs, the doctor said, so they\u2019re kind of guessing that potentially they inhaled some kind of fumes from a gas or some sort of explosion,\u201d Jessica told KUSA.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Jessica told KUSA that Phil and Dave have made some progress, but they have a long road ahead.&nbsp;<\/span><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Phil\u2019s family&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/help-for-phil-and-vicki?d=n5kfGx8wjqeNm2JqL6urTkV88IZMvHY1FQrnvfkpigE%3D&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=product&amp;utm_campaign=p_email_m_pd-5332-donation-receipt-adyen&amp;utm_content=internal\">established<\/a> a GoFundMe to help with medical bills, per KUSA.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Thursday\u2019s wildfire was the most destructive in Colorado history, Breitbart News previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/weather\/2021\/12\/31\/report-colorado-fires-most-destructive-state-history\/\">reported<\/a>. Nearly 1,000 homes were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/news\/officials-probe-cause-of-massive-colorado-fire-3-missing\/\">destroyed<\/a>, and two people remain missing, according to the Associated Press.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man rescued his neighbor from a burning home during Colorado\u2019s wildfire, which destroyed nearly 1,000 structures, making it the most destructive in state history. 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