fire & rescue firegeezer on 29 Jul 2008 09:19 am
8-Year-Old Hero Saves Siblings From Fire
A COVINGTON, WASHINGTON GIRL IS BEING CREDITED with saving her brothers from a house fire Sunday morning.
8-yr.-old Cali Smail was at home with her 6-yr.-old brother and their older brother who is 21 yrs. of age. The parents were out of town for the weekend and the two youngsters were in the care of their big brother who is deaf.
When a fire started in the house, Cali heard the smoke alarm and checked what was going on. Finding smoke in the house, she roused both of her brothers and they fled the house. Their grandmother lives nearby so they ran through the woods to Grandma’s house and reported the fire.
KING-TV, Seattle has a good video report of the incident. While watching the video, make note of two important things. One, a working smoke detector. And two, the family has practiced fire drills in the home. We’ve been preaching that for decades in the school fire safety programs. It’s rewarding to see it pay off. Watch the video here:
