BELLEVUE, Neb. (KMTV) — A Bellevue man is recovering from severe burns after he and two colleagues rescued a family from a house fire on Monday , earning praise from the fire chief who called them heroes.

Gabe Record, an employee with Leick Construction, suffered second — and possibly third-degree burns — on 15 to 20% of his body while helping save a family from their burning home in Glenwood.

"And I looked over to the left and there was smoke coming from a little window," Record said.

Fire Chief Matt Gray told KMTV he was grateful for their actions.

"This could have been a totally different outcome if they hadn't stepped up and done what they did," Gray said.

His arms and back are wrapped in bandages and dehydrated pig intestines; treatments from the burn unit at St. Elizabeth medi

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