Teen Dies Trying to Save Cats from Fire

from My Way News

An Illinois teenager is being hailed as a hero for saving his aunt from a fire at their house, but he lost his own life when he went back into the burning building to search for the family's two cats. Seth DeShane, 14, was pronounced dead late Thursday at the family home, which was destroyed in the fire.

When Seth's aunt realized the boy had gone back inside, she tried to get back in herself, but by then the smoke was so thick and the fire so intense, she had to leave the house. The fire is being blamed on malfunctioning lights on the Christmas tree on the first floor. The front half of the two-story home was fully engulfed when firefighters arrived.