Firefighter braves possible death to prevent explosion

A firefighter carries a flaming gas cylinder from a hot pot restaurant in the city of Tongren, Guizhou province on April 27, 2017. New details are emerging about a heroic act of bravery this past week in the city of Tongren in southwest China's Guizhou Province. A firefighter in the city risked his life to carry a burning gas cylinder out of a hot pot restaurant on April 27, 2017. [Photo: VCG]

A firefighter carries a flaming gas cylinder away from bystanders outside a hot pot restaurant in the city of Tongren, Guizhou province on April 27, 2017. The courageous first-responder carried the burning cylinder some 50 meters to a nearby river to douse the flames and ensure the tank didn't explode in the crowded neighbourhood in Tongren. Six people inside the restaurant at the time managed to escape injury after the gas cylinder first caught fire. [Photo: VCG]

A firefighter uses a local river to douse a flaming gas cylinder removed some 50 meters away from a hot pot restaurant in the city of Tongren, Guizhou province on April 27, 2017. [Photo: VCG]

A firefighter uses a local river to douse a flaming gas cylinder removed some 50 meters away from a hot pot restaurant in the city of Tongren, Guizhou province on April 27, 2017. [Photo: VCG]