Quick-thinking neighbors and UPS driver save 101-year-old woman from kitchen fire in California
By KSBW Staff
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SANTA ANA, Calif. (KSBW) — A 101-year-old woman in California was saved from a kitchen fire by a group of quick-thinking neighbors and a UPS driver.
The incident happened Thursday in Santa Ana.
According to the Orange County Fire Authority, neighbors rushed to the woman’s home after seeing smoke.
They pounded on the door and tried to get her out, but when she hesitated, they asked a UPS driver who was in the area for help.
The fire department said the UPS driver picked her up and carried her out.
Firefighters then got to the scene and were able to put out the fire that had spread into the attic.
The woman was sent to a local hospital to be checked out.
Information about her condition was not immediately available.
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