Uncle left with third-degree burns after running into burning building to save 8-year-old girl
Heroic Uncle Rescues Niece from Burning Home In a Washington blaze, 20-year-old Derrick Byrd emerged as a hero, sustaining second and third-degree burns as he rescued his eight-year-old niece, Mercedes. The fire erupted while seven family members, including Byrd, were inside, endangering his sister, Kayla, and her three children. Byrd courageously caught his nephews as…