Vadnais Heights, MN, Firefighters Rescue Two Children from Fire

Nov. 4, 2024
The children, as well as two others who jumped to escape the flames, were transported to a hospital for treatment.

Vadnais Heights firefighters rescued two children from a house fire while two other residents jumped to escape the flames.

Firefighters entered the burning home after learning two children were trapped, Fox9 reported. 

The two as well as another child and an adult were transproted to a hospital for treatment.

"She was supposedly sleeping, and her seven-year-old daughter woke her up and told her she smelled smoke. She said they jumped out the back window," Jennifer Kor, 15, told a reporter. 

"She said my babies are in there. My babies are in there. Hurry! Hurry!" Kor said. "She’s like Jenny, my babies, my babies are in there. And then the fire department got them all out and her dog. Her dog was still alive too."

The cause remains under investigation. 

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