Firefighter extinguishes fire in childhood home

it's a story we've been covering since early this morning... now there's a new twist. stuart dyson is here to tell us about it. stu. the family knows they're lucky to be alive tonight - and for one of the firefighters on the scene it was a real blast from the past. the fire broke out about one in the morning at a home on barcelona road in the south valley - the family - sound asleep - unaware that flames were barbecuing the house and filling it with deadly smoke - neighbors smelled smoke and woke them up - here's how it looked as the family escaped. " there were 8 family members - one gentleman was in a wheelchair - and 2 little ones - one baby and one toddler - and everybody was sleeping - they didn't
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05:02 pm realize it had been burning." surveying the damage this morning - cathy saiz - who owned the house until a couple years ago - her son patricio padilla - a county firefighter - helped put out the flames in the very house where he grew up. " he was re last night putting out thfire and he called me and he was very emotional and he said mom - i knew where everything was - i knew how to get to everything - i knew where all the light switches were and i knew where the water was - i knew everything." cause of the fire under investigation - neighbors tell us the family suspects a faulty fireplace or chimney. there's another guy who played a heroic role in this fire - we'll meet him coming up at six - back to you. n

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