When the Palisades Fire broke out on Jan. 7, Caleb Serban-Lawler could see it from his apartment in downtown Los Angeles. Serban-Lawler jumped in his car and raced toward the flames to help with evacuations. He had worked for about a year as an EMT in San Diego and trained to become a firefighter.

Raw footage of the rescue shows the man driving through smoke, fire, and flying embers to get the pets and their owner to safety

A video shared by Caleb Serban-Lawler shows him helping to rescue a woman and her four dogs while he was attempting to escape the Palisades Fire last week.