Saturday, December 11, 2010

4yr Old Rushed To Children's Hospital After House Fire In Serious Life-Threatening Condition

Boy's condition upgraded to stable after house fire

Northeast fire

A four-year-old boy was injured after a blaze broke out at this home on Falshire Dr. N.E. Friday, December 10, 2010.

Updated: Fri Dec. 10 2010 17:57:16

ctvcalgary.ca

A four-year-old boy is in hospital after a Friday morning fire in the northeast.

Crews were called to the blaze on Falshire Dr. N.E. around 10 a.m.

Nicola Lakusta, 35, was on the second-floor of the home and managed to jump out to escape the smoke.

But she was screaming that her son Dylan was in the basement and couldn't get out as flames were raging at the stairs.

Firefighters went into the home and brought out the child.

"We extinguished that fire while we were going about doing a search for the child," said Brian McAsey with the Calgary Fire Department.

"We were able to find him extremely quickly. He was semi-conscious when we found him. We were able to get him outside the building and deliver him up to EMS."

The boy was rushed to Alberta Children's Hospital in critical, life-threatening condition but is now in stable condition. His mother has been released from hospital after being treated for minor injuries.

Nicola's sister-in-law said the fire may have been started by Dillon playing with a lighter, but fire officials are still investigating and have not released an official cause.


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Elissa Carpenter reports on a four-year-old boy injured in a house fire




The four-year-old boy who was trapped in a house fire Friday morning is now out of hospital and back home with his family.

Dylan Lakusta was trapped in the basement when fire broke out in his home.

His mother Nicola was upstairs and unable to get to him.

She frantically called for help and when firefighters arrived, they fought a wall of fire to get to the boy.

Dylan was semi-conscious when rescuers found him.

He was taken to hospital in life threatening condition, but made an amazing recovery and was released Friday night.

The Lakusta's are now staying with family outside of Calgary until their home is fixed.


My Opinion

This is yet another story about how playing with fire is VERY dangerous. My heart goes out to the Lakusta's. I've known Nicola for a very long time. Heck, she used to babysit me when I was a little boy. With all the support here in Carseland, I'm sure they'll make a speedy recovery both physically and money-wise. I'm extremely glad to have seen Dylan tonight as I was talking to Nikki's brother Jason. He was standing in the doorway looking to see what Uncle was doing talking to the people in the truck, which was us of course. Now onto the other important stuff. Playing with fire can be extremely dangerous and statistics for around Christmas time show us that house fires go up during the holiday season, with the burning of fires in the fireplaces, and candles in the house. This time just as much as anytime we should be very careful of these sources of ignition. Not to mention the lighters and matches that go along with starting these. So let's be extra careful this holiday season and hopefully something like this doesn't happen again.

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