CHIPLEY — A Florida Department of Corrections officer is being hailed a hero after pulling an woman from a burning home.
Rexann Duran, an officer employed with Jackson Correctional Institute in Marianna, was on the way to watch her daughter graduate from Pre-K in Washington County when she noticed a house fire on Cope Road. What Duran did in the next few minutes saved a life.
“Something told me to check the house,” said Duren, who immediately made a U-turn and was able to locate an elderly woman inside the burning home.
Duren pulled the woman to safety and waited for emergency responders to arrive.
“There is no doubt Officer Duren’s action saved this woman’s life,” said Warden Felicia Barnes of Jackson C.I. “This speaks to the caliber of men and women who work within our department, and we are proud to call her one of our own.”
Duren is a 16-year veteran of the Florida Department of Corrections.