ASSUMPTION, Ill. (WAND) - Crews responded to an early morning fire at an apartment complex in Assumption early Saturday morning. 

Around 4:30 a.m. Assumption Fire said it was dispatched to a structure fire with heavy smoke showing.

When first units arrived, flames were showing through the west end roof of the 4-unit apartment complex.

Moweaqua and Pana Fire Departments helped with additional manpower and engines.

"Also we would like to give a HUGE THANK YOU the passerby that alerted the residents in the structure, " said Assumption Fire in a Facebook post. "Thanks goes out also to the businesses that offered hot chocolate, coffee and sandwiches."

The Assumption Fire Department also credits Waylon Mollet for helping alert the apartment residents when he saw the fire early in the morning.

"It's nothing really, I mean, any good person would have done the same thing," Mollet said. The Fire Chief Herb Palmer said the outcome could have been very different had he not helped the residents.

"Four adults, one three year old child, a dog and a cat. And they all got out with no injuries," Palmer said. Mollet immediately called the fire department when he noticed the smoke. He made sure everyone was okay until the department took over.

"There was a little boy, we set him in my truck so he could stay warm," Mollet said. 

The fire department arrived within 10 minutes, according to the fire chief. They took over from there. Â