Friday 8 March 2013


Brave four-year-old saves mum, dad and sister from night time fire in home
 

QUICK thinking Conor Walker was first downstairs in the morning and saw smoke spewing out from under the kitchen door, so he rushed to tell his parents the house was on fire, and they were able to escape in time with him and baby Lucy.
Conor shows off the teddy he was given by the fire brigade
Conor shows off the teddy he was given by the fire brigade
 
A BOY of four saved the lives of his mum, dad and baby sister after their house caught fire as they slept.
Little Conor Walker was first downstairs in the morning and saw smoke spewing out from under the kitchen door.
He acted quickly, going straight to tell dad David and mum Jan that the house was on fire, and they were able to get outside in time with him and baby Lucy.
David, 39, said: “If it hadn’t been for Conor, we would have been carried out in body bags.
“I can’t praise him enough. I would put him forward for a bravery award if I could.
“The fire officer said he did a really good job and gave him a teddy, which lit up his wee face.”

The fire broke out at about 7.15am at the family home in Lockerbie, Dumfriess-shire.
David told our sister paper the Dumfries & Galloway Standard: “Conor came into our room absolutely trembling and crying and shouted that the house was on fire.
“He’d gone down before us and saw smoke coming under the kitchen door. It was black from the living room side.
“I shot out of bed, got everybody outside and dialed 999.”
David said the smoke alarm in the house was tested days before, but it didn’t sound until five minutes after they fled the house on Wednesday.
He added: “We were outside waiting on the fire brigade when it finally went off.”
The family are staying with Jan’s mum because their house is smoke-damaged, and have criticised housing chiefs for not making them a priority for temporary accommodation.
Firefighters are investigating the cause of the blaze.

Dumfries and Galloway Standard





 

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