SURROUNDED BY FLAMES... They'd only taken a few steps toward the apartment building when Brandon yelled, "Hey! Look at that!" Robert followed his gaze. The windows of a ground floor apartment directly ahead were filled with huge orange flames! As they stared, black smoke poured from the windows and out from under the front door. Brandon acted quickly. "FIRE! he yelled. "Fire! Fire! Call 9-1-1!" Heart pounding, he raced forward and put his fists up to pound on the door. That was when he heard the muffled screams. "Help! Help!" It was a child's faint cry, almost a sob. He looked around wildly, but there was no one else to help. He turned to Robert. "I'm going inside. You stay here and show the firemen where to go when they show up." "You can't go in there!" Robert cried. "You'll fry!" "A little kid's in there!" Shaking his friend off, Brandon turned the doorknob and darted inside.