When a fire broke out in an Orange County mobile home Tuesday morning, two neighborhood boys rushed in to save the babies they knew lived inside.

Isiah Francis, 10, and Jeremiah Grimes, 11, were playing in Isiah's home when they said they smelled something, saw smoke and noticed the children's stepfather trying to put out a blaze. Realizing that the babies were still inside the home, the boys stepped up to help. "I was really scared because I thought I was going to get burned," Isiah told Click Orlando.

He put that fear aside. Isiah and Jeremiah were able to navigate the smoke to rescue a 1-year-old and 8-month old inside the home, WPTV reported.

Jeremiah said he, too, was frightened, especially because it was so hot and smoky inside the home. He kept telling himself to "stay calm," he told WESH.

Once the boys had the babies safely out of the home, they took them to Isiah's home, the Orlando Sentinel reported.

"We gave them water and then we called 911," Isiah said.

That 911 call was confirmed Wednesday by Orange County Fire Rescue officials. "What these children did is an exceptional act of bravery and their families should be very proud," Fire Chief Otto Drozd III was quoted in an email to media as saying. "They called 911 so our firefighters could immediately respond to the emergency. Furthermore, two children were safely rescued from the residence as a direct result of their actions."