Noah Strickland

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Henry County firefighters thought they were heading to battle a blaze at a Stockbridge home. Crews got to the home to find that the fire had been put out, Capt. Sabrina Puckett said.

The story may have turned out differently if it wasn’t for 10-year-old Noah Strickland, one of 10 people who live in the house, Puckett said. Strickland got up to get a drink of water around 10:30 p.m. Saturday, Puckett said. He entered the kitchen to find the cabinets on fire, she said.

Strickland woke up the nine people and two dogs in the house, his family told Puckett. The boy’s grandfather grabbed a fire extinguisher to put out the flames in the kitchen, she said.

“Noah ultimately saved the lives of nine family members by alerting everyone in the home when he saw smoke and flames,” Puckett said.

The family told Henry County firefighters that the house is equipped with smoke alarms -- and that they went off -- but no one heard them.

“Noah Strickland acted with true bravery,” Puckett said