An 8-year-old NY boy killed in fire hailed as hero for saving 6

An 8-year-old New York boy is designated as a hero after saving the life of his six relatives from burning mobile home, but unfortunately he died while he trying to rescue his disabled grandfather.

Tyler Doohan saved the six people including four adults and children ages 4 and 6, two days after the early morning fire tore through the grandfather's home in a trailer park in Penfield. Tyler woke up six of his relatives, and they all made it outside then he go back to rescued his grandfather but they did not came out.

Tyler and his 57-year-old grandfather, Lewis Beach, were both found dead inside the trailer, along with his uncle, Steven Smith.

According to the chief of the volunteer fire company in Penfield, Chris Ebmeyer, nine people were staying at the 14-foot-by-60-foot trailer when the fire started around 4:45 a.m. Monday. Tyler, spending the night at his grandfather's place because school was off for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, was awoken when the blanket covering his sleeping 4-year-old cousin caught fire.

An online fundraising campaign set up on YouCaring.com has raised more than $30,000 for Tyler's funeral.

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