CROSBY TOWNSHIP, Ohio —

A Crosby Township family of four says they’re alive today because of their neighbor’s fast action when flames broke out on their back deck.

Homeowner Mandy Hampton says the fire started around 5:30 Thursday morning while she, her husband, and their two young boys were still asleep inside. Security video shows the flames smoldering for nearly half an hour before her next-door neighbors happened to get up to feed their baby. Advertisement

“They saw a weird orange glow in their window and said, ‘Oh my gosh, their house is on fire!’” Hampton recalled.

That’s when neighbor Ben Braun grabbed a sprinkler, jumped the fence, and started dousing the flames. His wife called Mandy to get her family out while he and Hampton’s husband worked to knock down the fire—just minut

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