CARENCRO, La. (KLFY)--Alton Thomas, a local veteran, is being hailed a hero after saving a woman and her children from a burning home five days ago.

Thomas recalled how the fire happened on Boston Court Road and broke out in the garage of the woman's home, prompting him to rush over and assist in the evacuation of the family. He said that's when he rushed over to make sure everyone could get out safely.

"When I turned around and looked up again, I seen it was much more smoke than that," Thomas said. "I came and ran up the street and when I noticed that it was a lot of chaos going on, the garage was up in fire, so I left and ran back home and I grabbed my fire extinguisher, and gas mask."

Thomas described the scene as chaotic, as he said he saw the woman's children outside pleading for h

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