BARDSTOWN, Ky. — A Bardstown teenager is being hailed a hero after saving his brother receive second degree burns in a weekend incident.

The Bardstown Fire Department said it responded to Rogans Trailer Park Sunday afternoon following reports of a 14-year-old being burned.

Erasto Jaime was moving items around the family’s shop when his brother’s hoodie caught fire while standing too close to a propane heater.

While the teen didn’t initially react, Erasto quickly pulled it off and extinguished his clothes underneath a nearby spigot.

Erasto described the feelings he had when seeing his brother getting burned.

Credit: WHAS-TV Erasto Jaime shows his coin he received from the Bardstown Fire Department

“My heart stopped for a second,” he recalled. “I wasn’t expecting to see my brother on

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