published by Camille Lepeintre on 06 Feb 2022 at 9:31
Incredible but true ! A Texas family was victim of a fire at their home in the middle of the night. The couple with Covid didn’t smell the smoke, it’s their son, two years old, who alerted his parents. A true hero to become !
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A child saves his family from a fire!
Brandon Dahl, two years only played the hero January 15, 2022! The little boy saved his family flames, just that! It is in Alvord, in the southern state of Texas, that in the middle of the night a fire declares itself in the Dahl residence. Nathan and Kayla, the parents of five children, do not feel the threat to arrive. And for good reason, they both lost their sense of smell because of Covid-19. It’s their youngest, Brandon, who worried about thesmell of smoke went to wake up his parents.
« He patted my feet, coughed and said Mom, hot. mom, hot » . I turned around and all I could see was flames in the door frame “, said the mother of the family to Good Morning America. Warned in time by the little boy, the parents were able evacuate the house with their other children.
In the footsteps of his father
But the story of little Brandon is all the more surprising when you know that his dad, Nathan Dahl, is a volunteer firefighter for six years. A training that the patriarch of the house did not hesitate to pass it on to their children, so as to prepare them for the worst. In the event of a fire, he notably taught them to stay away from objects that could heat up, such as the Cook for example. But also to evacuate the home very quickly.
« My heart dropped. In my head, I already knew that the house was condemned. We had to go out “, said Nathan Dahl to WFAA. « We only had a few seconds. It’s nothing less thana miracle “, continues Brandon’s dad, who explains that no fire alarm did not trigger. A chance to have survived, most a sadness to see his house perish under the flames. ” There is nothing left “, revealed the mother. ” Brandon saved us. He saved the whole family. He is our little hero “, she finishes proudly.
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