2-Year-Old Boy Saves Sleeping Family from Fire after Waking Up Parents
- Kayla Dahl and her hubby were fast asleep when their two-year-old son Brandon woke them up
- Using the few words he knew, the toddler described feeling hot, and they woke up to find their house engulfed in flames
- The family made it out of the house unscathed, with Kayla describing it as a miracle
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A two-year-old boy has been credited for saving his family from a house fire.
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Nathan and Kayla Dahl from Texas in the US, were woken up by their toddler son Brandon on Monday, January 17.
The Washington Post reported Brandon tapped his mother on foot while notifying her about the raging inferno with the few words he knew.
“Mama hot, Mama hot,” he said.
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Kayla said she initially thought the boy wanted his pyjamas removed but soon realised what he wanted to tell her.
“I turned around. I looked and all I saw was flames in the doorway,” she said.
Following Brandon’s warning, the family safely made it outside, but their house was burned to the ground.
“It’s going to be a long, hard road to replace those material items. But at the same time, if it wasn’t for my son’s guardian angel that morning, I don’t know where we would be.
It’s a miracle from God that he was able to notify us of the fire,” she said.
Kayla added that while Brandon has no comprehension of the impact of what he did, he is relishing the abundant attention he receives.
"When people recognise us in the supermarket, they usually pat him on the back and try shaking his hand. They call him a hero,” she said.
11-year-old saves siblings
In other news, YEN.com.gh reported an 11-year-old boy from Douglas County, US, saved his siblings from an inferno that razed their house.
The fire brigade arrived when the single-family home was about 50% engulfed in flames.
Luckily, five family members were successfully evacuated from the burning house when the fire crew arrived.
When help arrived, they learnt that the 11-year-old boy was the first to hear the home's fire alarm and alerted his other siblings, ages 6, 8, 9 and 14, of the danger.
Fortunately, all the kids got out of the house without any injuries.
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