Hero dad rescued three people from blazing apartment block — while on way home from off-licence
Mick O’Beirne, 38, waded into the inferno wearing flip-flops and with a six-pack of Heineken slung over his shoulder
A HERO dad rescued three people from a blazing apartment block — while on his way home from the off-licence.
Mick O’Beirne, 38, waded into the inferno wearing flip-flops and with a six-pack of Heineken slung over his shoulder in a plastic bag.
Battling thick smoke, he saved a man, a mum and her three-month-old baby before calmly strolling home. But he earned a telling off from his horrified wife Majella, 40, for putting his life in danger.
Mick, a professional musician in an Irish folk band called Craicheads, was on a beer run when he saw flames in Harrow, North West London.
He said: “I was getting a few cans on Saturday as we were planning on watching the boxing that night.
“But on the way back I saw the flames and thought, ‘This is going to go off’. I was only in flip-flops and shorts, but me and a Romanian guy bashed down the door. We got one guy out who was in bed, then saw the mum and baby.
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“The smoke was really thick and the mum was in shock, but we got them out. I just went home after that, but gave my three kids a big cuddle next day.”
One fire chief said: “Without his swift actions, this incident could have had a very different outcome.”
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