A woman on fire ran out of her Dallas apartment and her son jumped from a second-story window overnight to escape a fire.
And, an unrelated resident later admitted to setting the fire, according to a release from Jason Evans, Dallas Fire-Rescue PIO.
Tiashmon Clark, a neighbor, told reporters: "I looked up and I seen (sic) the lady come running out of the building on fire. My first instinct was to pull my truck over, jump out of my truck and help her. She got over to the grass right here and she started rolling."
As he used his sweater to smother the flames, she told him her teenage son was still in the building.
Other neighbors rushed to a rear window as the boy jumped out a window to escape the flames.
"They said he couldn't even walk. So, I don't know what his injuries were but when I went back and looked at him, he looked bad," Clark said.
The two were rushed to the hospital for treatment. The woman suffered life-threatening burns.
Another resident who showed up at the hospital for treatment of burns, said he started the fire in a second-floor bedroom, the release said.
