'I Knew I Had To Do Something': Teenager Ran Into Burning House To Rescue Toddler, 2

A courageous 16-year-old boy risked his own life to save a toddler trapped inside a burning home.

Nelson Fonangwan was sleeping but leapt into action after hearing the desperate screams of a neighbour and found black smoke billowing from the property in Southampton, Hampshire.

Mother-of-two Aneta Jedlikoswka, 32, was frantically trying to punch a hole in her kitchen window to reach her trapped two-year-old son, Adam, who was knocking on the glass from inside.

Nelson Fonangwan, pictured with two-year-old Adam Jedlikoswka, was sleeping but leapt into action after hearing the desperate screams of a neighbour and found billowing black smoke pouring from the property in Southampton, Hampshire