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BUENA VISTA TWP.-- A Buena Vista Township resident is thankful for the quick action of some local children who were outside playing when a fire broke out at her rental property early Wednesday evening.....Continue Reading
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It was around 5 o'clock this evening when neighborhood friends on south laurel street in Buena Vista Township were playing outside when the unexpected happened. "We were sitting in the blue truck over there eating candy and stuff when my friend saw smoke and I went to see where it was coming from," said 11-year-old Charles Woolley.
They found smoke pouring out of the vacant duplex across the street and knew they had to act fast so they put the fire safety skills they learned in school to good use. "The house probably could have burned down and got out of control like burnt the trees and stuff, coulda’ caught the whole town on fire."
They ran across the street to warn their neighbors about the fire next-door. "I was down in the basement I could hear the boys at the door, they were knocking, I came out and asked what was wrong...they yelled smoke was coming out of the house," said Kathy Santagata.
Sure enough, Kathy Santagata saw smoke pouring out of the bottom rear of the right side of the duplex that she and her husband had recently purchased. "That's when I grabbed the phone and called the fire department."
And the boys knew they had done the right thing. "Made me feel like I did a good thing."
Standing with her daughter, Kathy says they were planning on renovating and eventually renting the property out but they owe it all to the neighborhood boys because things could have been a lot worse. "If it got worse, I would have been afraid for my house cause the houses are close together but I'm very thankful to those boys…no one got hurt and whatever damage is there it can always be repaired."
One firefighter was taken to the hospital for an evaluation. Meanwhile, the cause of the fire remains under investigation.
Elwood Fire Rescue
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