Utah boy keeps cool head during fire.(Jeremiah Calder's brave act)(Brief Article)

Nine-year-old Jeremiah Calder was near the outside door to his family's vintage mobile home in Magna, Utah, when his father, 33-year-old Dave Calder, did an inadvisable thing--he poured gasoline on a fire in a wood-burning stove. Not surprisingly, the stove exploded, igniting Mr. Calder; Jeremiah's six-year-old brother, Braiden; and Jeremiah.

Jeremiah ran outside, but after ripping off his burning coat, he went back into the inferno to lead his father outside. He threw dirt on his father in an attempt to smother the flames and led the man to a nearby river, instructing his father to jump in, reported the Deseret Morning News.

With his father out of harm's way, Jeremiah again entered the mobile home to rescue his brother, Braiden, whose hands, face, and ears were on fire. After leading the ...