A police officer and off-duty firefighter worked together to rescue a woman from her burning vehicle after a cement truck hit her Nissan pickup, causing it to roll over and burst into flames.

The dramatic incident happened on the U.S. 60 westbound highway near Val Vista in Arizona shortly before 7 a.m. on Feb. 18, according to Chandler Police. 

Paguia was on his way to work at the Peoria Fire Department and was running behind schedule. He had his firefighting equipment with him because he had worked an overtime shift the day before, FOX 10 reported.

“As fate would have it, Asa had worked a partial overtime shift the day before, so he had his turnouts in the trunk of his vehicle,” Brady Casson, public information officer at the Peoria Fire Department, told Fox News Digital in an email. “When Asa saw the CPD officer and bystanders attempting to rescue the victim, he quickly put on his protective equipment and jumped into action.”

The two first responders pulled the woman out of the vehicle and saved her life. The woman’s first call was to her husband, according to FOX 10.  (Chandler Police Department /TMX)

Paguia pulled the woman out of the burning vehicle, and the two first responders worked together to move her away from the site of the flames while Fire and EMS resources responded to the scene. The woman was then transported to the hospital where she is expected to make a full recovery. Her first phone call was to her husband, according to FOX 10. 

“The way we operate is we risk a lot to save a lot,” Paguia said. “So I decided it was worth the risk to get that patient out of there.”

Chandler Police did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.