A police officer saved a drunk 's man life by pulling him from a burning car only moments before it before the car burned to its shell . Officer Sharif Issa arrived at the parking lot of an American Legion post in Virginia on Friday afternoon , where he found a man , 38 , who has not been identified by police , inside of the already burning car . With the help of Officer Issa from the Fairfax Police Department , he grabbed the man by the hand and walked him from the car , which quickly was engulfed in flames . A police officer saved a drunk 's man life by pulling him from a burning car only moments before it was engulfed in flames ( above , the burning car in the parking lot of the American Legion post in McLean , Virginia ) Officer Sharif Issa ( above ) arrived at the parking lot of an American Legion post in Virginia on Friday afternoon , where he found a man , 38 , who has not been identified by police , inside of the already burning car . The officer and driver were not injured in the incident , according to the Washington Post . The officer was on his way back to the station when he was sent to respond to a report of a fire in the parking lot around 3.30pm on March 6 . The vehicle had struck a tree near the parking lot and flames were spreading quickly , according to police . Officer Issa urged the driver from Darnestown , Maryland to come out of the car , but he remained inside disoriented and confused with what was occurring at the time . The man was then helped out of the car and taken to safety . Following suspicions that the man might be intoxicated , Officer Issa conducted a series of sobriety tests concluding that the man was not sober . He was charged with driving while intoxicated and was transported to the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center . The officer was on his way back to the station when he was sent to respond to a report of a fire in the parking lot around 3.30pm on March 6 ( above the aftermath of the fire ) Officer Issa urged the driver from Darnestown , Maryland to come out of the car , but he remained inside confused with what was occurring at the time . The man was then helped out of the car and taken to safety ( above the remains of the car following the fire )
Officer Sharif Issa from Fairfax County Police Department grabbed hand of man , 38 , who has not been identified , pulling him from burning car . The officer then put the man's hands behind his back and walked to a nearby fire truck that was parked on the street in front of the building where he had found the man. Driver , from Darnestown , Maryland , charged with driving while intoxicated .