RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. (WSVN) — A Florida police officer is being called a hero after he sounded the alarm and rescued a family from a burning home after a truck that was parked in front of the home caught on fire.

Body camera video captured the moments Riviera Beach officer Andrew Hinds saved the family from danger on Sunday morning.

Hinds was on duty when he noticed smoke.

“While we were doing traffic, we looked up and saw smoke coming from a house,” he said.

He and other officers rushed to the home and found a truck covered in flames up against the house.

“Residents were flagging us down, telling us there were people inside; some small kids and a family,” said Hinds.

He called a dispatcher about the truck engulfed in flames.

“It’s really bad, its getting engulfed right next to the h

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