Allen Park couple Alyssa Rios, 20, and Steven Doyle, 19, ran toward a burning building and helped seniors exit during the fire at American House.

The pair said first responders were not yet on the scene when they arrived and began alerting residents by banging on glass doors on first floor porches.

All 81 residents of the senior independent and assisted living facility were safely evacuated, according to police.

Alyssa Rios, her boyfriend Steven Doyle and his 10-year-old cousin were driving to McDonald's for a snack on the evening of Friday, Oct. 24.

They didn't make if far before Rios, 20, spotted smoke spewing from a large building on Allen Road in Southgate. In a split second, Doyle, 19, turned the car around.

As they approached 16333 Allen Road around 10 p.m., the couple from Alle

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