. >> but there s one woman still in the house, mary sweeney.er son ken found out about the heroism later, hours later. >> those a few hours not knowing whether she was alive or dead. >> my dad said let's go back and check one last time and make sure we got everydy in this row of houses. he went in and found her and then came and yelled for me to help him because she was -- she was probably the most immobil of all of t six that we got. we lifted her up and all three of us, my dad frank and i, out of her bed and put her in a wheelchair, wheeled her out as far as we could and the heat was so hot we lifted he up and threw her into our car. >> the three heroes didn't know mary sweeney has a great deal of trouble breathing and it wasn't just fire that could have killed her. >> smoke inlation could have likely kille my mom. >> so there is the positive sto for the day. but, of coue, we have the tragic stories as well and here comes some of them. take a look now at the pictures from a short time ago, people being allowed ba into their red-tagged homes b

. >> but there was one woman still in the house, mary sweeney.er son ken found out about the heroism later, hours later. >> those a few hours not knowing whether she was alive or dead. >> my dad said let's go back and check one last time and make sure we got everybody in this row of houses. he went in and found her and then came and yelled for me to help him because she was -- she was probably the most immobile of all of the six that we got. we lifted her up and all three of us, my dad, frank and i, out of her bed and put her in a wheelchair, wheeled her out as far as we could and the heat was so hot we lifted her up and threw her into our car. >> the three heroes didn't know mary sweeney has a great deal of trouble breathing and it wasn't just fire that could have killed her. >> smoke inhalation could have likely killed my mom. >> so there is the positive story for the day. but, of course, we have the tragic stories as well and here comes some of them. take a look now at the pictures from a short time ago, people being allowed back into their re

bob and his son risked their lives to save 96-year-old mary sweeney. she and four others were trapped inside an assisted living care home on vermont way. he went in twice and on the second entry found sweeney in the back of the home. >> when i went down the hall way and saw you in the room, i said oh, my goodness. >> and you help mead get out and thank you. >> you are very, very welcome. >> he said he and his son don't see himself as a hero, just doing what was right. >> they have hundreds of pipelines, nearly 300 miles of pipeline needs better inspection. that's not expected to be completed until 2012. the feds do require utilities to inspect pipes in heavily populated areas and it takes years to get to all of them. they may soon ask pg&e to speed up the process. they will not reveal where the lines that had been inspected are located. >>> a decision on whether to move the chauncy bailey murder trial expected next week. he is changed with murder for allegedly ordering the oakland journalist killing as well as two other men in 2007. another man has bee

when the rescuers thought everyone was out, they went back in one more time and found 96-year-old mary sweeney in a back room, deaf and confined to a bed. >> we lifted her up and all three of us, my dad, frank and i put her in a wheelchair and wheeled her out as far as i could. and then the heat was so bad, so hot we lifted her up and threw her in the car. >> we are now hearing the san mateo board of supervisors are planning to honor these three men who saved the women. >>> there is much more on the san bruno blast at abc7news.com including dispatch audio from the night the fire broke out as well as resources for san bruno residents and information on how you can help them if you wish. all of that for you at abc7news.com. >>> moving on now, hundreds of people are under mandatory evacuation orders in the southern sierra. a fire is burning near lake isabella. even though it is 50% contained, they say it is an active fire. so far it scorched more than 6,000 acres of grass, brush and trees and destroyed one home. investigators say they do not know yet if it was intentionally set or an accident. bu

. >> reporter: in the eyes of 96-year-old mary sweeney, she's doing fine.this man, bob cantrini, is her hero. >> hi, there. do you remember bob? he helped you? >> thank you. >> how are you? >> i'm fine now. thank you. >> i'm so happy you're better. >> i'm better. >> and you're safe. >> thank you. and you have my thanks. >> you're welcome. >> reporter: a stranger whoÑi risked his life to save someone he didn't even know. as the fire continued to roar, cantrini went into this smoke filled way not once, but twice. >> i just had a feeling in my heart, in my gut, i didn't go to the back of the house. i got go back in. >> i knew i had to get out, and i can't walk, and i couldn't get out. you know, and then help -- help came. >> it was just amazing when i went down the hallway and i saw you in the room, i said, oh, my goodness. >> and you helped me get out. >> we got you out. >> and thank you. >> you're very welcome. >> reporter: five women from the home are alive because of the cantrin inchi cantrinis. >> just a guy that wanted to help. and i wish more people wou

a 96-year-old mary sweeney deaf and confined to a bed. >> we lifted her up. and all three of us my dad, frank and i out of the bed wheeled her out as far as we could. then heat was just so bad. so hot wex lifted her up and threw her into a car just to get out of there. >> the melted siding on this house across the street from the elderly home shows how hot things got. >> insurance investigators were at the home today interviewing the owner arnold deleon. woe not say why the care giver fled. >> that is all i can say everybody? everybody is fine there. is nothing to, i want to thank the people who saved the people here that is all i can say. okay? thank you. please. >> what about the two people who left? >> no. no. no comment. >> these were peoples lives sir? >> swiney's son says he's glad the men went back. >> we know these three men saved my mom's life. smoke inhalation. we didn't know whether flames were going to get her. it shows that there are people who care. there are people willing to go in and to save strangers at their own peril. >> so of course this

after that initial rescue the men went back in and found another woman, mary sweeney in a back room. the 96-year-old was having trouble wreathing. smoke could have killed her just as the flames could have. >> and the san bruno fire victim who's lost everything are just beginning to cope with realities of trying to rebuild. abc 7 reports the city is already doing everything it can to smooth the process. >> on claremont drive in the fire zone there are two neighborhoods now consisting of homes that burned and those that survived. the once with green tags and the american flag autos lucky blasts. >> and the new neighborhood that will rise from the ashes. >> it's just between now and then. it's like... here is the home. >> oh, yeah, you're in the gaza strip. but it's okay. >> it's the nature of the zone that's they do become construction zones. the last time the bay area saw anything on this scale the oakland hills, 1991. that night it wasn't a neighborhood that burned but like a region not 34 homes as in san bruno, but thousands which led to a boom in construction and new homes that oft

. >> there was one woman still in the house mary sweeney. her son found out about the heroism later, hours later. >> a tough few hours not knowing whether she was alive or dead. >> it wasn't until my dad said let's go back and check one last time and make sure that we got everybody in this row of houses that he went in and found her and came and yelled to me to help him. we lifted her up and all three of us my dad frank and i and put her in wheel chair and we lifted her up and threw her into the car. >> the three heros didn't know that she has great deal of fire breathing and it wasn't just fire that could have killed her. >> smoke inhalation could have skilled my mom. >>> insurance investigators were at the home interviewing the owner. >> all i can say. i just want to thank the people who saved all the people in here, that is all i can say, okay. >> again, he is speaking about the three good samaritans who rushed in to help when the care taker took off. >>> we are going to have more on the fire including accusations that pg and e delayed re

they rescued five women including 96-year-old mary sweeney. the explosion forced the state to take a closer look at how pg&e operates. about a quarter of the pipelines are uncheck and need stricter inspections, but it's not expected to be completed until 2012. regulators are thinking about asking them to speed up the process. the utility will not say which lines have not been inspected. >> developing news and five men are under arrest after a threat against the pope. >> scott broke the story for us. what's the latest? >> how much we don't know with all this breaking news. we know the pope is fine. this arrest came long before they were able to get access to him. we don't know the specific threat against the hope or the nationality of the men. they are between the ages of 26 and 56. they were arrested in a business in london. the pope is in his second day to his visit to the united kingdom. it's overshadowed by discussion with the catholic church's problems and sexual abuse, but we don't know if the man had a connection to that issue. we want t

bob and his son risked their lives to save 96-year-old mary sweeney, she and four other women were trappedk of the home. >> amazing, when i went down the hallway and saw you in the room i said, oh my goodness. >> and you helped me get out. >> need to get you out. >> and i thank you. >> you're very, very welcome. >> wonderful to see. he says he and his son don't see themselves as heroes, rather good people doing what was right. >>> pg&e still has hundreds of gas pipelines to check across the bay area. 300 miles of pipeline need better inspection. it's not expected to be completed until 2012. it takes years to get to all of them. state regulators say they might soon ask pg&e to speed up the process. the utility won't reveal where the lines yet to be inspected are located. thanks for joining me this morning. "today" show will continue next. have a fantastic weekend. see you bright and early monday morning starting at 5:00 a.m. ♪ everybody have fun tonight >>> we're back on this friday with more of "today." you know what that means, time for our weekly "plaza ambush makeover" results. >> today