Phyllis Day was fast asleep when flames started creeping up the walls of her home in Wigston, England. It was around 11:30 on a Thursday night, and the 87-year-old grandmother — who has Alzheimer's — had removed her hearing aids before bed, so she never heard the smoke alarms screaming. She had no idea she was in danger.

But her neighbors did.

Pav Sarpal, 28, and Stephan Smart, 44, spotted the flames and smoke from the street and raced to help. What happened next was caught on a doorbell camera — and Phyllis's daughter Suzanne Wright, who lived five miles away, watched the whole terrifying scene unfold on her phone in real time.

"I could see a couple of men without tops on, hammering on the door," Suzanne told SWNS news. "There were then lots of people outside trying to ram their way inside. At first I thought they were drunken thugs trying to break in."

But through the doorbell's intercom, Suzanne realized the truth — these were her mother's neighbors, desperately trying to save her. She guided them to a key box outside, her heart pounding as she watched from her bedroom.

Stephan and Pav ran inside together. Flames shot through the kitchen. Smoke choked the air so thickly that Pav had to dash downstairs twice just to catch his breath before going back up.

"I was coughing so much, the smoke was everywhere," Pav said. "It felt like I was being physically choked."

When they found Phyllis's bedroom, the sleeping woman woke up confused and stared at the strangers in her room.

"She looked at me like I was going to rob her," Stephan said. "I told her there was a fire and she needed to come with us."

The two men took an arm each and guided Phyllis down the stairs and out the front door — just in time. Another neighbor, Dean Archer, 30, had also rushed over after hearing a loud explosion inside.

"It felt like it took ages, everything was in slow motion," Dean said.

Suzanne arrived at her mother's house to find first responders already there. Phyllis was safe. Suzanne, who is her mother's full-time caregiver, says Phyllis will stay with her until the house is repaired.

"I cannot thank the neighbors enough," Suzanne said. "They are absolute super heroes."

Phyllis has 10 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. She had been living alone since her husband died in 2018. Suzanne believes her mother would not have survived without the neighbors' quick action.

As for knighting? "I think King Charles should knight them all," Suzanne said.