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Kate Winslet emerged as a hero when she help and carried out a 90 year old woman in the midst of fire. According to a report Richard Branson's 70 million house was caught in fire when lightning struck. Winslet was one of the 20 guest in the house when the fire started. The said house is one of the famous vacation house rented by popular and rich people in the world. "I was woken up with people screaming. I was in the house right next door to the Great House (about 10 yards away)and looked over, saw the whole house engulfed in flames, and just ran stark naked to the house to try to get people out. I had my daughter, my mother, lots of nephews and nieces. ... Obviously, the first priority was to rescue everybody, and fortunately, everybody got rescued," Branson told CBS news."My mother's 90 years old and, in order -- although she can walk -- in order to speed the process up, (Winslet) picked my mother up and carried her, carried her out of the house, and so Kate helped rescue my mother," he added.
Despite what happen Branson still hopes to be a host. "We'll make sure that Necker Island is back and ready for her wedding, so we've got something to aim for at Christmas-time this year. ... Necker is our home ... and it will be a beautiful island again. We've just got to rebuild the Great House. Fortunately the rest of the island survived, and we'll make sure it was as beautiful as it was before."
Branson is thankful that everyone in is family including the guest are all safe.
