A Howard County newspaper carrier is being called a hero after saving a woman from a fire.

Matt Mickler was delivering papers in a Kokomo neighborhood around 4 a.m. when he saw smoke coming from a nearby condo.

He called 911 and knocked on nearby doors.

A woman heard his knocks and woke up. Neighbors say Mickler's act likely saved her life.


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"I just think it was natural. I'd hope anyone would do the same thing for me, if I was in that situation," Mickler told Fox 59.

The cause of that fire remains under investigation