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Hero lorry driver given major award after rescuing man from burning building
Hero lorry driver given major award after rescuing man from burning building

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time02-07-2025

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Hero lorry driver given major award after rescuing man from burning building

A hero lorry driver has been given a major award after he bravely rescued a man from a burning building last week. A man had been trapped on the third floor of a four-storey building on Granby Row in Dublin City Centre. As smoke billowed from the windows out onto the street, a quick-thinking lorry driver reversed his lorry directly outside the burning building. Earlier this evening, our Chief Fire Officer presented Tomaz with a plaque to acknowledge his quick actions by positioning his delivery truck to assist in the rescue of people from a met with some of the Firefighter/Paramedics who were at the scene. — Dublin Fire Brigade (@DubFireBrigade) July 1, 2025 The man who was trapped in the building was then able to jump out from a window on top of the lorry. The brave lorry driver has since been identified as Polish national Tomasz Zareba. On Tuesday evening, Dublin Fire Brigade presented Mr Zareba with a plaque to acknowledge his heroics. Pic: X/Dublin Fire Brigade Taking to social media, they wrote: 'Earlier this evening, our Chief Fire Officer presented Tomaz with a plaque to acknowledge his quick actions by positioning his delivery truck to assist in the rescue of people from a fire. 'Tomaz met with some of the Firefighters/Paramedics who were at the scene.' The comments were full of support for Mr Zareba, with one person writing: 'Amazing intervention by Tomaz and so lovely to have dublin fire brigade acknowledge his life saving actions.' Another person said: 'Great to see he got the acknowledgement he deserves. True hero that day.' And a third added: 'Outstanding! Very quick thinking by Tomaz. Fantastic that the Fire Brigade have recognised his actions so quickly.'

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