Father-son from Konya becomes hero in Sweden

Mesut Zengin and his 14-year-old son Furkan Zengin were declared heroes by saving their neighbors from a fire in Sweden. Father-son made headlines of the country's largest newspapers. Here are the details...

Turkish citizen Mesut Zengin and his 14-year-old son Furkan Zengin, who entered their apartment building in the Prastgardsvegen neighborhood of the Upplands Vasby district of Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, and saved many of their neighbors from a fire on their balcony, were described as heroes on social media.

In the Prastgardsvegen neighborhood in the Upplands Vasby district in the Swedish capital Stockholm, Turkish citizen Mesut Zengin and his son Furkan Zengin, 14, who broke into an apartment building that caught fire on his balcony and saved many of his neighbors, were described as “heroes” on social media.