A trio of construction workers is being hailed as small-town heroes in Iowa after they dashed into a burning home to rescue a family and saved a teenage boy trapped upstairs with their quick-thinking.

John Lewis, Gabe Record, and Damian Pond, three employees with Glenwood-based Leick Construction, were working nearby when a residential home burst into flames around 12:30 p.m. last Monday.

The men didn’t waste a second and rushed inside with little regard for the dangers the fire pouring out the windows posed to themselves. 4

They followed the sound of chilling screams and quickly rescued a mother, grandmother, and a 4-year-old girl — but a teenage boy was still stuck inside on the second floor.

Record recounted hearing an explosion behind him during the initial rescue, but didn’t

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