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A five-year-old child was taken to hospital after a northeast Edmonton house fire Monday evening.
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Edmonton Fire Rescue Services (EFRS) received a report of a fire at a single-family home at 4:35 p.m. Six fire crews arrived at the home near 66 Street and 132 Avenue three minutes later, said Rowan Anderson, EFRS spokesperson.
“There was a mom and three children that basically self-evacuated the home on their own but there was a five-year-old boy that needed to be rescued by firefighters,” said Anderson.
Anderson said the child was taken to hospital as a “precautionary measure” and that he looked to be doing OK when firefighters brought him out. He was assessed by emergency medical services and transported.
Fysh, a witness who lives in the neighbourhood of the fire, said he was driving home and arrived at the scene prior to EFRS.
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“It was just around the corner from my house. I went over and the flames were shooting out one of the bedroom windows really good on the one side of the house and this lady was being held back by the neighbours screaming,” he said. “The fire department rolled up and started their initial attack right away and she was still screaming.”
Suddenly a firefighter came out of the front of the house area with a kid in his arms, said Fysh. He said the firefighter carried the child right by him and the child looked “conscious, but barely.”
Fysh said the woman ran to the ambulance and saw it was her kid and she hugged the firefighter, the EMT and the police officers that were on scene. He added she let out screams of joy and got down on her knees in the middle of the road and kissed the ground.
“It was a pretty remarkable moment,” said Fysh.
No other injuries were reported.
Anderson said the fire was deemed under control at 4:55 p.m.
Five-year-old sent to hospital following house fire in northeast Edmonton - Edmonton Journal
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