Hero helps save residents from fire in Santa Rosa

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Tuesday, October 10, 2017
Hero helps save residents from fire in Santa Rosa
A man at a Santa Rosa apartment complex went door-to-door Sunday night to helping evacuate residents impacted by fires in Napa and Sonoma counties.

SANTA ROSA, Calif. (KGO) -- A man at a Santa Rosa apartment complex went door-to-door Sunday night to help evacuate residents impacted by fires in Napa and Sonoma counties.

The Overlook at Fountain Grove is on Bicentennial Way, near Kaiser Hospital.

FULL LIST: North Bay fires prompt evacuations, road closures

"It just happened so quick, you know, that wind it was really like howling and it was just like you know, a dream," said Robert Gutierrez, maintenance manager

Because of power issues, some people were trapped inside their garages. Gutierrez manually pulled the doors open so they could get their cars out.

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