'The real heroes are the firefighters' – Chiefs QB Matt Cassel after alerting neighbor to fire.
That's a nice headline. Fortunately it is being heard around the country because of attention a house fire Thursday in the Village of Loch Lloyd in Missouri has received. The fire has made the news outside of Kansas City because the people who own the home that burned in the Cass County gated community live near Chiefs quarterback Matt Cassel. And their famous neighbor was the one who spotted the fire.
Neighbors told KMBC 9 News that Cassel's wife first spotted the smoke and flames coming from the home's chimney. Cassel ran to his neighbor's house, rang the doorbell, pounded on the front door and started to circle the house until he saw the woman who lives there come outside.
The woman said she didn't realize her house was on fire until the Cassels acted.
No one was hurt in the fire. Late Friday night, Cassel called a neighbor and gave permission for the man to relay a message to Judy.
"I wasn't heroic at all," Cassel said. "I just ran up to the house and alerted them. The real heroes are the firefighters."
