Scout leaders praised for preventing St Ouen fire from spreading on their way to a meeting

• Scout leaders Stuart and Sam share their story with ITV News

Two Scout leaders have been praised for their bravery and quick thinking after they prevented a fire outside a home in St Ouen from spreading.

Stuart Thompson and Sam Drayson Le Tissier, who are known as Great White and Narwhal in their roles at the 1st Jersey Sea Scout Group.

The pair had just finished their session on Tuesday evening (16 May) when they spotted flames and smoke outside a property, which had spread from an outside bin and had cracked a ground-floor window.

The pair quickly alerted the family inside and evacuated them before tackling the blaze.

Sam said: "We'd just finished up with the kids, we were saying goodbye and the parents had all gone.

"Stu and I were in the car park and we could see this billowing smoke coming over the buildings and were thinking it must be some farmers burning something like they do in St Ouen.

"As I got there, came round the corner and there was a 10ft blaze up the side of the building and I thought the whole house is on fire!

"I started shouting to see if anyone was around, banged on the door, no response.

"As it was St Ouen, the door was open, I pushed in, went into the house and managed to get the mum and two kids out before it got any worse."

Philip Dodd, Jersey Fire and Rescue's crew commander said: "Without the quick actions of two Scout leaders the fire could have quickly escalated".

A post on the Jersey Scouts Facebook page said: "Bravo to our Scout leaders, Stu and Sam, who called Jersey Fire & Rescue en route to their section meeting this evening.

"As scout leaders, we teach our members about what to do in the case of an emergency, and tonight, they put the training they provide into action."

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