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Pictured: Firefighters drag invalid pensioner out of burning home

Firefighters are being hailed as heroes after they dragged an invalid pensioner out of his burning north west Adelaide home.

The dramatic rescue of the 48-year-old man, who was trapped in his Oswald Street home, was captured on camera.

Firefighters arrived just before midnight to find the property well alight.

The moment paramedics pulled the pensioner out of his burning house. Source: 7 News
The moment paramedics pulled the pensioner out of his burning house. Source: 7 News
Paramedics treat the man outside of the burning house. Source: 7 News
Paramedics treat the man outside of the burning house. Source: 7 News
Ambulance officers worked quickly to save the man's life. Source: 7 News
Ambulance officers worked quickly to save the man's life. Source: 7 News

When they entered they found that the man asleep in his bed.

They acted quickly and paramedics quickly took over once he was outside, frantically working to safe his life.

A neighbour said it looked like the man living in the house only had
A neighbour said it looked like the man living in the house only had
Firefighters at the scene of the Adelaide blaze. Source: 7 News
Firefighters at the scene of the Adelaide blaze. Source: 7 News

A neighbour said he saw the firefighters pull the man out of the house and he looked "in a fairly bad way".

"To me it looked like a matter of minutes, if he would have been in there any longer that would have been the end of it."

Paramedics took the man to the Royal Adelaide Hospital where he remains in a critical condition with severe burns.

Ambulance officers took the man to Royal Adelaide Hospital. Surce: 7 News
Ambulance officers took the man to Royal Adelaide Hospital. Surce: 7 News

South Australian Metropolitan Fire Service officer Russell Edwards said he could not praise his crew highly enough. But insisted they are not heroes.

"They did a great job, fantastic job by the guys and girls," Edwards said.

"That's just our job, unfortunately that's what we do and I think we do it very well," he said.

Another neighbour said: "They're incredible, they really are, they don't get enough credit for what they do."

A neighbour was was very impressed by the heroics of the firefighters. Source: 7 News
A neighbour was was very impressed by the heroics of the firefighters. Source: 7 News

The damage to the Housing Trust home has been estimate at $200,000.

Investigators said the fire is not suspicious, but a cause for the blaze is yet to be determined.