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Firefighters rescue young child from burning building in Oklahoma City

It was a daring rescue of a young child who was trapped in an apartment in a burning building over the weekend

Firefighters rescue young child from burning building in Oklahoma City

It was a daring rescue of a young child who was trapped in an apartment in a burning building over the weekend

ABBY. JUST YOU CAN SEE DAMAGE LEFT AT THIS APARTMENT FROM THE SMOKE AND THE FIRE. NOW, THIS FIRE HAPPENED SATURDAY AND LEFT ONE CHILD TRAPPED AND COST OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN DAMAGE. THIS WAS A SIGNIFICANT FIRE. THERE WAS A LOT OF FIRE. ENDED UP BEING ABOUT $700,000 WORTH OF DAMAGE TO THIS STRUCTURE. SIX UNITS DESTROYED. OTHERS DAMAGED BY SMOKE AND SEVERAL PEOPLE LEFT WITHOUT A PLACE TO STAY. WE DID EVACUATE SOME OTHER PEOPLE FROM THE APARTMENT COMPLEX AND SOME SELF-EVACUATED. ONE OF THESE UNITS HAD A CHILD INSIDE SCREAMING FOR HELP WHEN THEY ARRIVED, THEY WERE MET BY AN OCCUPANT OF THE APARTMENT WHO SAID THAT THERE INDEED A CHILD UPSTAIRS WAS ON THE SECOND FLOOR IN THE LIVING ROOM AND THEY APPEARED TO BE WHERE THE FIRE WAS LOCATED AT THAT TIME. FIREFIGHTERS SAY THE FIRE ENGULFED, THE ROOM ABOVE THE CHILD’S HEAD THE CAUSE, AN OPEN FLAME FROM A CIGARET OR CIGAR LEFT OUTSIDE THE COMPLEX. THAT SEEMS SIMPLE. SUCH AS A CIGARET. YOU JUST HAVE TO REMEMBER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. IF IT’S DISCARDED IN THE APPROPRIATE MANNER IT CAN HAVE CATASTROPHIC CONSEQUENCES NOT ONLY FROM BUILDING LOSS AND PROPERTY LOSS, BUT TRULY LIVES LOST OR ALMOST LOST. A CHILD. AND THIS FIRE AND FIRE FIGHTERS BELIEVE THAT THAT CHILD HAS BEEN RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL. WE REACHED OUT TO THE APARTMENT COMPLEX TODAY AND THEY SAID THAT
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Firefighters rescue young child from burning building in Oklahoma City

It was a daring rescue of a young child who was trapped in an apartment in a burning building over the weekend

Firefighters rescued a young child from a burning building in Oklahoma City.It was a daring rescue of a young child who was trapped in an apartment in a burning building over the weekend. On Monday, the damages could still be seen at the apartment complex off Robinson Avenue and Southwest 89th Street.The fire caused several units to be evacuated and left a child in serious condition."Firefighters were prepared for the worst on their way to this call," said Benny Fulkerson, Oklahoma City Fire Department. Alarms were still sounding Monday afternoon after a fire at the Cape Cod Condominiums left a 4 to 5-year-old boy hospitalized."The thing about this fire that’s interesting is even as the firefighters were responding to the incident, dispatchers were talking to people who were calling this in and those people were saying that there’s children trapped inside this apartment," Fulkerson said.Firefighters said when they arrived on the scene, a resident said there was a child stuck in the living room of an apartment. They could hear him screaming from outside.Firefighters then fought the flames to find the little boy and saved his life."That’s what people expect us to do, that’s why we’re here. Our firefighters said there was fire above the child in the living room where they located him and was able to remove him from that living room area that was well-involved in fire," Fulkerson said.He was treated for burn injuries and smoke inhalation, but firefighters have been told the child is out of the hospital. Firefighters said there were no other injuries reported but the damages were extremely costly.

Firefighters rescued a young child from a burning building in Oklahoma City.

It was a daring rescue of a young child who was trapped in an apartment in a burning building over the weekend. On Monday, the damages could still be seen at the apartment complex off Robinson Avenue and Southwest 89th Street.

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The fire caused several units to be evacuated and left a child in serious condition.

"Firefighters were prepared for the worst on their way to this call," said Benny Fulkerson, Oklahoma City Fire Department.

Alarms were still sounding Monday afternoon after a fire at the Cape Cod Condominiums left a 4 to 5-year-old boy hospitalized.

"The thing about this fire that’s interesting is even as the firefighters were responding to the incident, dispatchers were talking to people who were calling this in and those people were saying that there’s children trapped inside this apartment," Fulkerson said.

Firefighters said when they arrived on the scene, a resident said there was a child stuck in the living room of an apartment. They could hear him screaming from outside.

Firefighters then fought the flames to find the little boy and saved his life.

"That’s what people expect us to do, that’s why we’re here. Our firefighters said there was fire above the child in the living room where they located him and was able to remove him from that living room area that was well-involved in fire," Fulkerson said.

He was treated for burn injuries and smoke inhalation, but firefighters have been told the child is out of the hospital. Firefighters said there were no other injuries reported but the damages were extremely costly.