A house burst to flames on Naylor Circle on Sunday afternoon, taking the life of a sleeping toddler and leaving two hospitalized.
Lesley Lamirande was playing with her son, Mason, on the front lawn as her two year old daughter Nora slept upstairs. Mason ran over to a neighbors house and Leslie followed, when the two returned the house was in flames and there was a dark smoke vibilble from two miles away.
“I ran and I could hear, Theres a fire, There’s a baby!” said Patches Zemotel, one of many people who rallied to help.
When Lesley screamed for help neighbors went straight to action, doing all they could to rescue Nora Lamirande. Zemotel climbed on an awning and tried to reach the upstairs window, but fell. Some neighbors used their …show more content…
She was rushed to Upstate Galisano children hospital where she was pronounced dead.
DiGergorio was taken to Crouse Hospital, but is expected to be okay. Another neighbor who attempted to rescue the sleeping toddler, was also hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries.
According to the Northwest fire district chief, Tom Perkins, the first chief arrived at the house 3 minutes after the initial call. However, Zemotel and other neighbors were disappointed in how long it took for a firefighter to enter the home.
Perkins said the cause of the fire was food left on the stove in the kitchen, and the home is now unlivable.
The neighborhood will be raising money to be donated directly to the family, they will also be collecting clothes and toys for Mason, the Lamirande’s son. Donations can be made at the gofundme.com page started to support the Lamirande family in this time of need. The site reads, “It is to our knowledge that the home will be at complete loss as well as all of there belonging please keep the family as well as people involved in the rescue in your thoughts and
Lesley Lamirande was playing with her son, Mason, on the front lawn as her two year old daughter Nora slept upstairs. Mason ran over to a neighbors house and Leslie followed, when the two returned the house was in flames and there was a dark smoke vibilble from two miles away.
“I ran and I could hear, Theres a fire, There’s a baby!” said Patches Zemotel, one of many people who rallied to help.
When Lesley screamed for help neighbors went straight to action, doing all they could to rescue Nora Lamirande. Zemotel climbed on an awning and tried to reach the upstairs window, but fell. Some neighbors used their …show more content…
She was rushed to Upstate Galisano children hospital where she was pronounced dead.
DiGergorio was taken to Crouse Hospital, but is expected to be okay. Another neighbor who attempted to rescue the sleeping toddler, was also hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries.
According to the Northwest fire district chief, Tom Perkins, the first chief arrived at the house 3 minutes after the initial call. However, Zemotel and other neighbors were disappointed in how long it took for a firefighter to enter the home.
Perkins said the cause of the fire was food left on the stove in the kitchen, and the home is now unlivable.
The neighborhood will be raising money to be donated directly to the family, they will also be collecting clothes and toys for Mason, the Lamirande’s son. Donations can be made at the gofundme.com page started to support the Lamirande family in this time of need. The site reads, “It is to our knowledge that the home will be at complete loss as well as all of there belonging please keep the family as well as people involved in the rescue in your thoughts and