Man Saves Residents At Stockton Senior Care Home From Fire

STOCKTON (CBS13) – A man is being called a hero after rescuing several people from flames at a Stockton care home early Thursday morning.

The fire sparked around 1:30 a.m. inside the garage of the home on West Sonora Street, near Yosemite Street.

Clarence Calhoun, who works at the care home, says he was sleeping when he heard a boom outside and sprung into action.

"I heard a boom and I turned around and the garage was going down – and all I thought about was all the elderly people in there," Calhoun said.

Thanks to Calhoun, everyone made it out safely.

"Clarence did a hell of a job," one resident said. "[He] told us what to do and we did it."

The cause of the fire is under investigation.