WICHITA, Kan. — A fire causes about $100,000 worth of damage to a home in Wichita's Riverside neighborhood.
The blaze started around 6:15am Sunday, in the 800 block of Litchfield.
Eyewitnesses say heavy smoke and flames were coming from the front of the house by the time fire crews arrived on the scene.
"We determined it was going to be a defensive fire to get it knocked down and protect exposure to the houses on either side of it," said Battalion Chief Sid Newby.
“It’s amazing they were there at the right time to help us,” said Adrienne Banta.
Banta and her boyfriend say if it wasn't for the quick-thinking of complete strangers, they wouldn't have made it out alive.