Thanks in part to a young child, 22 people were safely evacuated
from a burning apartment building.
In Clarkston,
Georgia, a fire
started around 1:30 a.m. in the kitchen of one unit in the building. A young
boy woke up when he smelled smoke. He immediately woke up his family, who
rushed out of the building along with their neighbors. None of the building’s
occupants was hurt.
This is similar to a recent event in Arizona, in which a nine-year-old and a seven-year-old saved their family from a house fire after they smelled smoke and heard popping noises. Their parents said that they, too, had heard the noises, but thought nothing of them and had gone back to sleep. But the kids got out of bed, noticed smoke in the living room, and immediately woke up their parents, who were able to put out the fire before it caused much damage.
Go kids! It seems their heightened awareness to any and all changes to their environment has some very important advantages.
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