A POLICE officer who raced into a burning building to save a family after seeing a terrified boy jump from an upstairs window, has told how he had to run through flames six times to get everyone out.

PC Sean Cannon said he just didn't think about his actions at the time of the rescue and was just doing his job.

The 44-year-old was on a call at the other end of Westfield Terrace in Undercliffe on Saturday afternoon when he heard shouting and screaming and saw 11-year-old Daniel Herak jumping from the house shouting: "Fire, fire."

"I just didn't think about it - all the adrenalin was pumping. I just did what I had to," he said.

PC Cannon went into the house three times, beating choking smoke and flames to carry out family members - including one from an attic bedroom.

"The fire was between the front door and the stairs, I just had to go through it. There was no other way," he added.

Those rescued included two boys aged three and 13, and two girls, aged five and nine, and their great-auntie, 59, who has epilepsy.

PC Cannon, from Eccleshill, joined the Bradford East Neighbourhood Policing Team a few weeks ago from the city's nuisance bike team.

The heroic PC also dragged a man from a house fire two years ago in Bradford Moor.

Yesterday, the family's father, Jan Herak, who was not at home when the fire started, said he was extremely grateful for the officer’s quick-thinking.

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Mr Herak received a phone call from another son, Viteslav, 20, saying there was a fire at the family home at around 1.25pm on Saturday.

The 45-year-old, originally from Slovakia, said: "The police officer saved my children's lives. I'm very happy that he did it. I feel very grateful to him that he rescued my family.”

He said his relatives were terrified.

"The police officer just ran in and got my family out.

"There was so much smoke. The kids were so scared.

"I'm really happy today that everybody is okay and that we are safe. I just feel relieved. It was a lucky day that no-one was hurt any further.”

The fire is thought to have started in the living room "It was a small fire but there was a lot of smoke,” Mr Herak said.

"My 11-year-old son jumped out of an upstairs bedroom window. He said he panicked when he saw the smoke. My neighbour caught him as he fell."

Neighbour Ladic Jirka heard Daniel shouting and caught him as he fell from the window.

Another neighbour Vojtech Lakatos, who also saw the boy jump, said: "I just wanted to help. It was quite scary."

The family was taken to Bradford Royal Infirmary for smoke inhalation treatment and the police officer was given oxygen treatment at the scene.

Fire investigation teams were at the house on Saturday afternoon to establish a cause of the blaze.

Yesterday, a fire-ravaged door was removed from the living room and the hallway had signs of smoke to the walls The police officer was given oxygen treatment at the scene.

Fire investigation teams were at the house on Saturday afternoon to establish a cause of the blaze.

Yesterday, a fire-ravaged door was removed from the living room and the hallway had signs of smoke to the walls Watch commander Mark Rogerson, of Bradford fire station, said the house was badly smoke logged.