WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah
A mother pulled her three children from their burning home in West Valley City.
The woman woke to flames and smoke just after 2 a.m. and reportedly broke a bedroom window to pull her 9-year-old son out of the home. All three children are safe.
"She woke up to a crackling sound is how she described it and investigators found smoke coming out of one of the rooms in the house," said Battalion Chief Bob Fitzerald with the West Valley Fire Department.
The family went to the home of neighbor Michael Garza to call 911.
"They were just panicked. The one boy didn't have a shirt on, she was in a nightgown and she was so panicked she could barely talk," said Garza. "I looked out when they got inside and the flames were shooting out the back of the house. And I looked a bit later and it was coming out all the windows and the door."
When crews arrived, the home was engulfed in flames, but investigators say it was not a total loss. Damages are estimated at over $100,000, but the woman's heroic rescue was a big help.
"When the fire crews arrived, there was fire coming out the front door cause it was open, fire coming out a front window and the back of the house so it was fully involved," said Fitzgerald.
The family is staying with family in the area, but are glad to be safe.
"Fortuntately, everyone got outside and crews were able to get in and do an aggressive interior," said Fitzgerald. "What we call an offensive attack where they go inside and put water on it and were able to control the fire pretty quickly that way."
The woman woke to flames and smoke just after 2 a.m. and reportedly broke a bedroom window to pull her 9-year-old son out of the home. All three children are safe.
"She woke up to a crackling sound is how she described it and investigators found smoke coming out of one of the rooms in the house," said Battalion Chief Bob Fitzerald with the West Valley Fire Department.
The family went to the home of neighbor Michael Garza to call 911.
"They were just panicked. The one boy didn't have a shirt on, she was in a nightgown and she was so panicked she could barely talk," said Garza. "I looked out when they got inside and the flames were shooting out the back of the house. And I looked a bit later and it was coming out all the windows and the door."
When crews arrived, the home was engulfed in flames, but investigators say it was not a total loss. Damages are estimated at over $100,000, but the woman's heroic rescue was a big help.
"When the fire crews arrived, there was fire coming out the front door cause it was open, fire coming out a front window and the back of the house so it was fully involved," said Fitzgerald.
The family is staying with family in the area, but are glad to be safe.
"Fortuntately, everyone got outside and crews were able to get in and do an aggressive interior," said Fitzgerald. "What we call an offensive attack where they go inside and put water on it and were able to control the fire pretty quickly that way."
