"Officers say when they arrived, the fire was quickly spreading throughout the building. Heavy flames engulfed the caller's door while her family was sheltering on their second-story balcony. First responders guided the parents in safely dropping their three-year-old child and the family dog down to waiting officers below."
"A family is safe from a second-floor apartment fire after decisive action to throw their three-year-old toddler and the family dog from their balcony, into the waiting arms of Milpitas police officers below."
A family became trapped in their second-floor apartment during a fire at a South Park Victoria Drive complex in Milpitas on Saturday afternoon. Heavy flames spread rapidly throughout the building and engulfed the family's door while they sheltered on their balcony. Police officers arrived and guided the parents to drop their three-year-old child and family dog from the balcony into the waiting arms of officers below. Firefighters subsequently rescued the couple from the balcony. Milpitas police highlighted this incident as a demonstration of essential teamwork between first responders for community safety.
Read at ABC7 San Francisco
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