Firefighter's Quick Thinking Saves 1-Year-Old Baby Thrown from Burning Building

A firefighter saved a baby by catching the child with a blanket after a fire broke out at a multi-family home in Daejeon late at night, leaving a foreign mother and her daughter in danger.

According to the Daejeon Dongbu Fire Station on July 9, the fire started on the third floor of a multi-family home in Gayang-dong, Dong-gu, at 11:22 p.m. the previous night.

When firefighters arrived at the scene after receiving reports from witnesses, the fire had already spread to the point where flames were shooting out of the building.

At that moment, a woman in her 20s from Vietnam was calling for help from a small bathroom window in the unit where the fire had broken out.

Her 1-year-old daughter was with her at the time.

Given the urgent situation with a young baby vulnerable to the fire, the rescue team on site determined that they could not wait for an air mat to be fully deployed.

The team decided that a swift response was necessary and opted to rescue the baby first using a blanket.

Following the instructions of the firefighters, the mother threw the child out of the third-floor window, and the baby was safely caught in the blanket that the team had spread out in advance.

The mother then jumped onto the air mat.

Three people, including the mother and daughter, were treated at a hospital for smoke inhalation, but they are reportedly not seriously injured.

In addition to the mother and daughter, 15 other residents of the building evacuated in a hurry.

The fire authorities extinguished the blaze in 55 minutes and plan to investigate the exact cause of the fire through an on-site inspection.

(Photo: Courtesy of Daejeon Dongbu Fire Station, Yonhap News)
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