Hero dad saves family and BBQ ribs from fire

A CALIFORNIA man has been hailed a hero after saving his family from a fire - and then going back in to the blaze to rescue his dinner.

Robert Wright with the BBQ ribs that he saved. Picture: YouTube

Robert Wright, from Fresno, told the KMPH Fox 26 TV station that he had made sure his family was safe before going back inside to rescue a huge rack of BBQ ribs.

Wright - who had been cooking at 3am when the blaze broke out in the apartment next door - told reporters: “The only thing I think first is make sure them ribs is right and I ran over and got my family man, brung everyone out safely - I carried everybody out myself.

“Firstly I got my kids and then I thought about my ribs like, I don’t want to let my ribs burn and stuff, because I take pride in what I do, man. It’s like, 3 o’clock in the morning and I was hungry, I was like put them ribs on there.”

“I looked over and the fire was bursting out, I was like ‘this is crazy’, let me get my kids out of this situation.”

When asked if he had sustained any injuries, Wright replied: “No, I didn’t get any injuries - except all the smoke in my lungs, and I already had smoke in my lungs, so I’m alright.”

A mother and six-year-old child escaped from another apartment in the block through a window, with both treated in hospital for smoke inhalation.”