Springfield House Fire

After paramedics rushed three adults and two children to the hospital, what remained was a scorched home. Firefighters arrived at the scene at 10:20 a.m. to what was a two-story home engulfed in flames, but luckily, all occupants exited the home. One adult, however, was forced to leap from the second-story window.

Jeph Bassett, the Deputy Division Chief from the Springfield Fire Department, said that three ambulances were on the scene immediately. Paramedics drove the adults to Memorial Medical Center, and they took the children to HSHS St. John's Hospital. The who jumped from a window injured himself, and a second man had suffered burns.

According to neighbors who witnessed the incident, the two children appeared uninjured from the fire. In the home, there were four adults and four children, according to one of the residents who lived there. However, he declined to give a name. Investigators are still determining the cause of the blaze. Jeph Bassett has stated that the fire left the house a total loss.

Kay Kishop, the next door neighbor, said that she came outside to investigate after hearing people who were yelling next door. That is when she saw the inferno. Bishop told the news station
At 6:15 p.m. on Friday, a second fire struck an apartment complex on 10 Candlewood Drive. While no one was injured, the fire left more than 20 residents without a home. Investigators have still not learned the cause of the apartment fire. During that incident, Valerie Goodwin, a disaster service staff member for the American Red Cross, told reporters that members of the organization had assisted occupants in six of the units and given them emergency financial assistance and emergency shelter. Thanks to the Red Cross, these individuals had something to fall back on. People who wish to help the victims of these fires can give to them at