By Leila Merrill
ARLINGTON, Va. 鈥� An off-duty McLean Volunteer Fire Department firefighter and EMT helped to rescue several people from a bar fire on Aug. 12 in Arlington. Since then, he has been praised for his quick response and called a hero, news outlets said.
Timo Klotz was at a party when he rescued three people trapped beneath debris after an Uber driver crashed their car into the Ireland鈥檚 Four Court, .
He was returning from moving his car when he heard a loud bang. Klotz ran into the building through the hole made by the car.
鈥淚 came in, I saw multiple people that were on the right side,鈥� Klotz said. 鈥淭here was a person laying there and there were two other people, when I got in, I saw that they were buried partially under all the debris.鈥�
A total of 15 people were injured, . But there were no deaths.
Several people were treated on scene, and some were transported, .
Klotz suffered smoke inhalation, was treated at a hospital and will have follow-ups.
鈥淚 spent most of the night in a Fairfax hospital,鈥� he said.