Canton firefighter saves man from Fort Worth fire

Tristan Stone is a firefighter. And when he sees smoke, he investigates.

Dec. 2, his penchant for finding the fire is credited with saving the life of a Fort Worth man.

Stone, 19, is a volunteer fireman in Canton. Originally from Quinlan, Stone lived in Canton for five years but moved to Fort Worth about six months ago.

He was on his way home for working a shift in Canton and had stopped by the store to buy formula for his five-month-old son.

“When I came out of the store, I saw the smoke and just went,” he said. “When I got there, the house was fully engulfed. It had been going for a while.  The neighbors where standing there freaking out but watching it. They hadn’t even called 911 yet.”

Stone, still in his Canton fire gear, immediately went into firefighter mode.

“I looked in the garage and saw a man,” he said.

Because the house electricity was out, Stone had to manually get the garage door open and pull the man out to safety.

The man, 78, had fallen down. “He actually had a telephone cable wrapped around his ankle,” Stone said. 

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