THE firefighter who saved a female police officer from a burning Melbourne building has played down his heroics, saying he was simply doing his job following an explosion.
Emergency services were responding to reports of a man threatening self-harm at a Middle Park unit when a gas bottle exploded and set the flat ablaze.
Firefighter Andrew Wood suffered facial injuries in Sunday's blast but still went back in to save the police officer.
Mr Wood and his crew will be nominated for a bravery award for their work in a blast that injured three police officers, another firefighter and a resident, but he said he was just doing what he was supposed to.
"Any good firefighter would have done it and every firefighter does do it all the time," Mr Wood told the Nine Network.
Mr Wood said the officer was "not in a good way" and in "incredible pain" when he found her.
"I said, 'it's all right, I'll help you, we'll get down'," Mr Wood said, adding that he reassured the officer about the extent of her injuries.
"I said 'they're not too bad, you're alive, you're down and you're alive. The worst of it's over'."
The families of the three injured police officers released a statement saying they are extremely proud of their loved ones.
Sergeant Tony Scully's wife Mitzi said she was proud of all her husband had achieved during his 34 years as a police officer.
"It is typical of Tony that he should get injured in this way - helping a person when they needed help," she said.
The parents of a female constable known as "Varli", 32, said being a police officer was the fulfilment of a 10-year dream for their daughter.
She graduated from the academy last July, while the third police officer Constable Emma Quick, 28, joined the police force in 2011.
In a joint statement, the families expressed their gratitude to Victoria Police, hospital staff and those who helped at the scene.
"This has been a deeply distressing experience for all of us," they said.
"We are horrified that this has happened."
Firefighter Wayne Sheridan was injured after being showered with glass in the explosion.
The 40-year-old male resident remains in a serious but stable condition at The Alfred Hospital and is under police guard.
Police believe it was a suicide attempt gone wrong and not a trap for emergency services workers.
* Readers seeking support and information about suicide prevention can contact Lifeline on 13 11 14 or Suicide Call Back Service 100 659 467.
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