A PROFESSIONAL footballer rescued holidaymakers from a burning apartment in the Spanish island of Majorca.
Greenock Morton player Mikey Doyle witnessed the inferno erupt in a hotel room near his and rushed to help those inside on Sunday.
The heroic footballer, 26, from Glasgow fought back flames before pulling two people to safety.
The Scottish Championship defender was later treated for the effects of smoke inhalation.
Me In the blue top getting people and all his stuff out ! Real hero’s are the fireman and the people who work at the hotel putting the fire out but 👏🏻👏🏻 pic.twitter.com/oULNS7RfE5
— Mikey Doyle (@jmdoyley) May 22, 2018
The drama unfolded as the defender was holidaying with friend Anthony Harvey at BH apartments in the holiday resort.
Mikey told the BBC Scotland News website: "We were sitting on our balcony having a drink and we heard girls screaming that there was a fire.
"We could see that a fire had started opposite our block. The fire was in the bedroom and it looked like the boys in the living room hadn't even noticed.
"So we just got up and ran."
He then got to the room and burst through the door to find the young men inside trying to put out the fire with a bottle of water.
He said: " I got there first and I just thought I had to get these boys out.
"I dragged one of them out and Anthony dragged someone else out. One of the boys was crying about his suitcase and his passport. So I went back in."
His friend Anthony also went back in to find him and when he emerged into the corridor, he collapsed after breathing in smoke.
The player then ended up dragging his friend out of danger too.
The two Scots are adamant they only did what anyone else would do.
He added: "The real heroes are the people from the hotel and the firemen. As long as everybody was out and no one was hurt.
"We just ran in to get the people out. It's not that big a deal."
Spanish media has reported four British people, two men and two women, were arrested and appeared in court on Wednesday.
Statements taken from the Spanish police authorities suggested the fire started as the consequence of a prank involving an aerosol spray and a lighter.
It is believed the mattress of a bed caught fire and the blaze spread, causing the apartment building to be evacuated.
Local media reports suggest up to 200,000 euros' worth of damage was done to the building.
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