Photos/Story By R.M. Bergerson
Units responded to a reported house fire in the 3100 Block N. 25th St. with
children trapped inside at 5:27 a.m. Sunday morning.
Upon arrival
Quint 2 found a well involved 1 story wood frame house. Engine 6 layed a 4"
supply line to Quint 2 as an interior attack was begun from the rear of the
house to push flames back out the front. Quint 7 arrived with Chief 3,
Rescue 2 , Engine 8 and Chief 1. Firefighters were able to remove one child
in respiratory arrest before conditions deteriorated rapidly.
A 2nd Alarm
was struck bringing Engines 1 & 9 to the scene. A man who removed one child
prior to the arrival of firefighters received 2nd degree burns to his face
and hands, and was flown, along with the child firefighters removed, to a
burn center in Dallas.
Two children remained inside as firefighters were forced
to evacuate. Another child and a Fire Lieutenant were transported to
Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center for treatment of minor injuries.
The next door exposure was also damaged slighty in the blaze. No cause for the fire
has been determined as of Sunday afternoon.
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