Pete Doherty has been hailed a hero after he prevented a massive fire by alerting authorities to smoke at a recent concert.The singer had arrived at England's Reading festival on Saturday, where he was due to play a gig with his band Babyshambles, when he spotted smoke billowing from a parking lot.He proceeded to phone the fire department to report the blaze - to the amazement of onlookers.One witness tells British newspaper The Daily Star, "It was thanks to him that the fire did not spread any further. I was amazed - I've never seen him move so fast. He's the last person you'd expect to have such a lightning reaction to anything, unless it was illegal. But he stopped the situation from getting any worse."Nineteen cars were damaged in the blaze but no one was hurt.

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