Narrow escape for Dryden family from house fire

A 3-year-old Dryden girl may have saved her family after alerting her parents her sister’s room was on fire.

In a Facebook post Carmi Levy shared how his granddaughter Lilly woke his son Zach and daughter-in-law Michaela just before 7:00 am on Thursday morning.

Zach Levy ran through the flames to snatch up his one-year-old Claira from her crib and the family escaped the burning home as Dryden Fire Service arrived on scene.

Three of the family members were taken to hospital for treatment of smoke inhalation. The fire was extinguished but the home has extensive damage and is uninhabitable.

In his social media post grandfather Carmi said there were lots of heroes on Thursday. His 3-year-old granddaughter Lilly who had the fortitude to alert her parents before the smoke alarm even went off. Levy went on to praise his son who didn’t even think about himself as he ran straight into a burning room and grabbed an almost-14-month-old from her crib and added mother Michaela who kept it together for her traumatized family after the unthinkable has happened.