Local police and neighbors teamed up to save a woman from a fire that broke out in her house in Fresno, California, on Dec. 8.

The Fresno Police Department said that neighbors knew an elderly woman lived in the house, so they decided to break a front window into the living room to reach her. One of them found her in a room and started to drag her toward the front of the house, but had to stop as he was overcome by smoke.

Officers then arrived to help and were able to get the woman out through the window.

Police said that the cause of the fire was under investigation.

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Fire crews at the scene said the woman would likely not have survived had the neighbor and officers not come to the rescue.

Bodycam footage released by Fresno Police shows the rescue.

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Credit: Fresno Police Department via Storyful

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