15-04-2025
Teens who put out Hartford fire honored by sheriff's office, fire department
HARTFORD, Mich. (WOOD) — Van Buren County deputies recognized two teens who jumped in with fire extinguishers when they witnessed a construction trailer set ablaze in Hartford.
It happened March 13 when three kids set the trailer on fire. Two teenagers who lived nearby, Rigo Moreles and Kamryn Johnson, saw the kids run from the burning trailer and ran over with fire extinguishers to put it out. They saved both the trailer and the items inside, according to the Van Buren County Sheriff's Office.
Detectives were able to track down the arsonists, who were charged. They had also been involved in other cases, deputies said.
Moreles and Johnson, both high school students at Hartford Public Schools, were named Honorary Sheriff's Deputies because of their actions. The Hartford Fire Department honored them with a certificate, two new fire extinguishers and a photo of them putting out the fire.
'It was truly great to see young adults in our community not afraid to do the right thing when it needed to be done. We see incidents across the United States over and over with people not wanting to get involved, so it was great to see these two lead by example,' the sheriff's office wrote in a news release.
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