clarence wade and his wife are still recovering but things could have turned out very differential if not for these two heroes. >> it was scary. it was really scary. >> reporter: surrounded by smoke and fire inside this northwest d.c. home, alex and heroically rescued clarence wade. >> you hear stuff burning and you hear stuff popping, you see the smoke. everything happened so fast with the smoke. i was a little bit scared. >> reporter: the fire broke out early thursday morning and rapidly spread. clarence was on the first floor, his wife, geneva upstairs, she broke through this back window and climbed out and called police. meanwhile, clarence was still inside suffering from smoke inhalation and minor burns. police arrived later and neighbors watched as officers put their lives on the line. >> we started yelling to see if anybody was inside and sure enough we could hear someone yelling from the inside. >> reporter: that's when they ran in and pulled him out. the officers had a couple cuts and inhaled the smoke, they're okay. firefighters showed up a few minutes later and put out the

clarence wade and his wife geneva recovering tonight but telling our shahmari stone. >> reporter: surrounded by smoke and fire in this northeast dc home, alex and heroically rescued. >> you see the smoke. >> everything happened so fast. >> reporter: fire broke out early thursday morning and geneva upstairs. she climbed out the back window and called police. suffering from smoke inhalation and neighbors say they watched as officers put their lives on the line. >> we started yelling inside of the house to see if anybody was inside and sure enough, we could hear someone yelling from the inside. >> that's when they ran in and pulled them out. officers had a couple of cuts and inhaled the smoke. they're okay. firefighters showed up a few minutes later and put out the flames. now clarence and his wife are recovering at a hospital. their niece is grateful. >> thank you so much for saving my uncle's life. >> very, very proud of these >> reporter: dc police chief peter newsom. >> i appreciate channel 4 to give them the recognition they deserve. >> reporter: they do it with honor. in northwest dc, sha

home, these men heroically rescued clarence wade. >> you hear stuff burning and popping and see the smoke>> everything happened so fast. the smoke, a little bit scared. >> reporter: the fire broke out early thursday morning and rapidly spread. clarence was on the first floor, his wife, geneva upstairs. she broke through this back window and climbed out and called inside suffering from smoke inhalation and minor burns. the police arrived later and officers watched as they put their lives on line. >> we started yelling to see if anybody was inside and we could hear him yelling. >> reporter: they had a couple cuts and inhaled smoke but okay. firefighters showed up later. now, clarence and his wife are recovering from the hospital. their niece is grateful. >> thank you so much for saving my uncle's life. >> i'm very very proud of these guys. >> d.c. police chief newsome. >> i appreciate them getting the recognition they deserve. >> we're here to serve the residents. >> reporter: they do it with honor. shomari stone, news4. >>> as we continue to remember our dear fend and c jim ban, we want yo

. >> clarence and geneva wade have been married for 60 years.rday their home on buchanan street northeast caught fire while they were both inside. geneva was upstairs and made it out of a window. d.c. police ran into that burning building and pulled her husband out. >> for them to go in and risk the call of duty. >> that neighbor says that -- the couple has only scrapes and bruises and a few minor burns. glad to know they're okay and recovering together. >>> montgomery county schools are taking action when it comes to drug overdoses. for the first time this school year, every montgomery county public school, including elementary schools, will be stocked with naloxone. it's a life-saving treatment to reverse overdoses. the county spent the year training -- they think it's good but alarming. >> i think it's a great idea. i think it's scary that this is going on in the county. it's a good first step. >> never had a case of reported overdose on our school property. it doesn't mean we don't need to be prepared. >>> the decision to put a dosage in all