When a man in the Town of Barton heard an explosion Friday night, July 23, he ran into the home without hesitation to save his elderly neighbor inside. The Washington County sheriff says he's a hero who likely saved his neighbor's life. That neighbor says it was just the right thing to do.
Jeff Dreher said he heard the explosion, thinking a tree had just fallen on top of his home. Instead, he saw smoke rising from his neighbors' home, now reduced to rubble and ash. If not for Dreher, the sheriff says the situation could've been much worse.