‘It was a blessing’: Two bystanders help save woman from burning home in Buffalo [Video]

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — Two bystanders said they helped save a woman from a burning home in Buffalo Friday morning.

Shawna Medina and Jennifer Wampler said they were in the Hamburg Street area for work when they saw black smoke in the sky. After realizing it was likely a house fire, they jumped into action.

The women said they ran into the home and discovered there was a woman stuck on the second floor of the home. They later determined the woman was in a wheelchair and needed help getting down the stairs.

Medina and Wampler said they were eventually able to successfully rescue the woman.

Division Chief Daniel Bossi said you couldn’t have had a better outcome.

“It was a blessing,” Bossi told reporters Friday morning at the scene.

Buffalo Fire Department officials said the fire occurred at 90 Hamburg Street, which was vacant. It started on the second …