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STORY. >> ONE PARTY IS ADVISING THAT THE VEHICLE IS -- FIRE WITH SOMEONE INSIDE. EMILY: YOU CAN SEE THE FLAMES AS ELK GROVE POLICE OFFICER JARRED HOUSTON PULLS UP TO THE WRECK ON WATERMAN ROAD LAST WEEK. >> FIRST THING THAT WENT THROUGH MY MIND WAS MAKING SURE THAT HOPEFULLY NOBODY WAS IN THE CAR. EMILY: WITHIN SECONDS, HOUSTON JUMPS OUT OF HIS PATROL CAR AND RUNS TOWARD THE FIRE. >> SOMEBODY IN THERE? HEY, GET OUT. ARE YOU ON THE PASSENGER SIDE? I COULD HEAR SOMEONE IN THE CAR TALKING, SO I KNEW SOMEONE WAS INSIDE. EMILY: POLICE SAY THE DRIVER HAD MOVED OVER TO THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE CAR. HOUSTON RUNS TO THE WINDOW, PULLS OUT HIS BATON, TELLING THE MAN STUCK INSIDE TO WATCH OUT. >> GOT YOU. HEY, BACK UP FROM THE WINDOW. LEAN BACK, LEAN THAT WAY. EMILY: THE OFFICER BEGINS SMASHING THE WINDOW. THE FIRE GROWING IN THE FRONT OF THE CAR. HOUSTON KNEW HE HAD TO ACT FAST AND HIS TRAINING KICKED IN. >> DUE TO MY EXPERIENCE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, I KNOW THAT IF YOU DON’T ACT QUICK, SOMETHING BAD WILL HAPPEN. IT WAS JUST INSTINCT. >> HEY, GIVE ME YOUR HANDS. HEY, COME ON, GET YOUR SEATBELT OFF. COME ON. EMILY: THROUGH THE BROKEN GLASS, THE OFFICER SAFELY PULLS THE MAN OUT OF THE BURNING CAR. >> IT’S MY JOB. I KNOW EVERYBODY THAT I WORK WITH HERE. ANYONE I’VE WORKED WITH IN THE PAST WOULD HAVE DONE THE EXACT SAME THING I WOULD’VE DONE. >> I GOT