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I'M BRIAN STERLING.
I'M SUSAN SHAW.
BRAND NEW REPORT, VIDEO IN JUST
MINUTES AGO OF A RAGING FIRE
THAT PUT A BABY GIRL IN THE
HOSPITAL WITH SEVERE BURNS AND
IS CRITICAL TONIGHT.
THE BLAZE BROKE OUT ON THE
SOUTHEAST SIDE IN THE 1000 BLOCK
OF PROSPECT THIS MORNING.
STEVE KELSO WAS THERE AS
FIREFIGHTERS WERE STILL
ARRIVING.
FIREFIGHTERS TELL ME EIGHT
PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO QUESTION OUT
OF THE VERY SMOKEY FIRE HERE
THIS MORNING.
WE KNOW TWO REMAIN HOSPITALIZED
THIS EVENING.
ONE IS THAT BABY WHO HAS SECOND
AND THIRD-DEGREE BURNS OVER 40%
OF HER BODY.
THE SECOND IS A 24-YEAR-OLD BABY
SITTER WHO, BEFORE JUMPING OUT
OF THE WINDOW HERSELF, TOSSED
ANOTHER CHILD INTO THE WAITING
ARMS OF PASSERSBY.
WE QUICK RAN OVER THERE AND
TOLD HER SHE WAS GOING TO HAVE
TO JUMP OUT THE WINDOW.
AS FIREFIGHTERS WERE JUST
BEGINNING TO ARRIVE, THESE TWO
GUYS WORKING IN THE AREA HAD
TAKEN MATTERS IN THEIR OWN
HANDS.
OUTSIDE OF A BRURNG, SMOKEY MESS
OF A FIRE, THEY STOOD BELOW A
SECOND-STORY WINDOW.
INSIDE, SANCHEZ AND CHILDREN
INSIDE WITH THE FLAMES.
I TOLD HER TO LET GO OF THE
BABY.
THEN I TOLD HER TO JUMP THROUGH.
SHE WENT BACK IN.
I THOUGHT SHE WAS GOING TO GET
ANOTHER KID.
SHE WENT BACK IN FOR HER PURSE.
SHE CAME BACK AND I TOLD HER TO
JUMP AND SHE JUMPED AND LANDED
ON ME.
SANCHEZ SUFFERED A BROKEN
ANKLE AND AT LAST CHECK WAS
STILL BEING EVALUATED IN AN
EMERGENCY ROOM.
THE UNIDENTIFIED CHILD IS SAID
TO BE UNINJURED.
FIREFIGHTERS SAY THERE WAS
ANOTHER GOOD SAMARITAN WHO AIDED
IN THE RESCUE BUT HE DISAPPEARED
FROM THE SCENE.
THEY ALSO SAY THERE IS ANOTHER
HERO IN THIS FIRE -- SMOKE
DETECTORS.
THEY SAY THE RENTAL PROPERTY HAD
BEEN FITTED WITH THE PROPER TYPE
AND ALL OF THEM WERE WORKING.
BACK OUT HERE LIVE AT THE
SCENE.
THIS AFTERNOON, I WAS ABLE TO
SPEAK WITH A FIRE INVESTIGATOR.
HE TELLS ME IT COULD BE A COUPLE
OF DAYS BEFORE THEY'RE ABLE TO
DETERMINE WHAT GOT THIS THING
GOING.
THEY'RE PRETTY SURE IT STARTED
IN THIS FRONT ROOM, THE AREA
THAT IS MOST HEAVILY DAMAGED