Rudy is stuck inside a burning house that might fall down at any moment. There was complete silence; the only sounds were the crackling of the fire and his own breathing. This man has a phobia of fire.

He is barely aware and has just realised that fire, his deadliest dread, is all around him. His breath catches as he frets that he might die an agonising, protracted death from being burned by them.

Before you called out to him and grabbed him by the arms.