Missouri Officer Rescues 3-Year-Old Girl and Grandmother from House Fire

An officer with the Hazelwood (MO) Police Department is being credited with saving the lives of a 3-year-old girl and her grandmother from a house fire in a basement apartment late last week.

June 24, 2019

An officer with the Hazelwood (MO) Police Department is being credited with saving the lives of a 3-year-old girl and her grandmother from a house fire in a basement apartment late last week.

According to Fox News, Officer Rodriguez arrived to the scene of the house fire before firefighters arrived and immediately took action to break a small basement window and pull the girl and her grandmother, Latonya Hart, to safety.

A Missouri officer had to break a small basement window to pull a 3-year-old girl and her grandmother to safety as a fire engulfed their home.Photo: WGN screenshot

Firefighters from multiple departments responded and extinguished the fire.

Both Hart and her granddaughter were treated on the scene.

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