Trapped Man Sticks Hand Out of House on Fire: Dramatic Rescue Footage

Still from a video released by the Fresno Fire Department of a house fire rescue on Oct. 4, 2018. A homeless man was found trapped in the subfloor of the burning house, yelling for help. Fresno Fire Department

They needed an ax and a chainsaw to have a chance of getting him out alive. Time was running out.

It was dark, but the area was lit by flames that engulfed the supposedly-vacant house. A hand was reaching out from under the building’s foundation, from a vent too small for a body to move through.