Fire in residential building

Residents awakened! This is the hero of Golling

Ramazan Tanriverdi (21) noticed the flames and immediately raised the alarm. He woke the residents from their sleep.(Bild: Markus Tschepp)

His quick intervention probably prevented a tragedy! Ramazan Tanriverdi noticed in the middle of the night that his neighbor's house in Golling in Salzburg was on fire. He raised the alarm and roused the unsuspecting residents from their sleep. Just a few minutes later, the fire department was on the scene.

Ramazan Tanriverdi actually just wanted to smoke a cigarette outside his front door in the middle of the night on Ash Wednesday. "I'm on sick leave at the moment and couldn't sleep," says the 21-year-old. He stopped abruptly before taking his first puff on the cigarette.