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Teen Rescues Baby Nephew From Burning Home In Overbrook

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- A teenager is being hailed a hero after rescuing his baby nephew from a burning home.

Fire broke out around 10:30 a.m. Saturday in the 1000 block of Flanders Road in Philadelphia's Overbrook neighborhood.

Authorities say the family did a head count and then realized the baby was missing. That is when the young man ran inside the burning home to get his nephew.

No one was injured in the blaze.

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