Department Called to Apartment House
(Pierre, SD) – The Pierre Fire Department was called to a reported fire in an apartment building shortly after 7:00 am Saturday morning, May 11, 2002. In the involved apartment they found a child on the floor,
possibly overcome by smoke. The
child and other residents were removed to fresh air.
The mother and two children had been in the apartment during the
incident. An American Medical Response (AMR) ambulance that was
standing by at the scene for firefighter safety was called into service to
transport the occupants to St. Mary’s Hospital to be checked for possible
problems from smoke inhalation. The entry team found some very overcooked meat that had
been reduced to cinders in a frying pan. The
apartment occupant had put some food in a pan and fallen asleep while waiting
for it to cook. Crews used a fan to clear smoke from the building before
turning it back to the owner and occupants. People are reminded they should continually monitor any
cooking appliance while it is in use. The Pierre Fire Department is a totally volunteer department serving the capital city of South Dakota.
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