Woman Saves Children From Burning Apartment
By: Michael C. Fehn
Updated: January 1, 2013
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Fire officials say an Indianapolis woman saved her two children by dropping them from her burning apartment's second-story window to neighbors below.
The Indianapolis Fire Department says 24-year-old Latice Jackson dropped her 2-year-old and 4-month-old children to neighbors waiting below at Heart's Landing Apartments before she jumped to safety herself about 3:20 a.m. Tuesday.
Jackson and her children were assessed for smoke inhalation at a local hospital.
The Indianapolis Star reports officials believe an unattended pan of grease heating on a stove started the fire, which caused an estimated $150,000 in damage.
Jackson told firefighters the family returned home from a family New Year's Eve party when she started to heat a pan of oil to cook french fires for one of her children but apparently fell asleep.
The Indianapolis Fire Department says 24-year-old Latice Jackson dropped her 2-year-old and 4-month-old children to neighbors waiting below at Heart's Landing Apartments before she jumped to safety herself about 3:20 a.m. Tuesday.
Jackson and her children were assessed for smoke inhalation at a local hospital.
The Indianapolis Star reports officials believe an unattended pan of grease heating on a stove started the fire, which caused an estimated $150,000 in damage.
Jackson told firefighters the family returned home from a family New Year's Eve party when she started to heat a pan of oil to cook french fires for one of her children but apparently fell asleep.
