'Brave' girl rescues little brother from burning house

In today’s news Police have praised the bravery of a girl who saved her brother’s life during an early morning fire.

The girl, believed to be 11 or 12, woke just before 5:30am to find the rear of their Heidelberg Heights unit was ablaze, reports ABC NEWS.

Sergeant Matt Bull said she tried to put out the fire herself before waking her brother and taking him to a neighbouring unit to seek help.

“She’s been a really good, brave kid,” Sergeant Bull said.

“She’s not only saved her brother’s life but herself as well. She could have just left the unit on her own but she’s gone back into the house to get him out, so she’s done a great job.”

Paramedics assessed the pair but said neither child needed treatment.

“The children were very lucky actually,” paramedic Marcus Stacey said. “They showed no signs of any effects of the smoke at all.”

The fire caused some damage to the home and a MFB fire investigator is looking into how it started.

Police are also speaking to the children’s parents about why they were home alone.

What a great big sister!

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17 Comments

- - mum4107 said
  - 04 Sep 2017
    3:34 am
Such a brave little girl.
I’d be interested to know where their parents were

- - taynik46 said
  - 03 Sep 2017
    12:44 pm
oh my goodness that is so brave of her, to go back in a scary situation and save her brother – so courageous.

I hope there was a genuine reason why they were without their parents at that time of the morning!

- - mom183717 said
  - 02 Sep 2017
    1:26 pm
what a beautiful big sister x

- - Ellen said
  - 02 Sep 2017
    2:13 am
Thank God this ended well ! What a brave responsible girl.
Yes, I’m also curious why these kids were left alone at this time.

- - nadine_hill said
  - 01 Sep 2017
    9:37 am
What a brave young girl – well done too her! A very lucky family indeed! Could have so easily ended in tragedy!

- - mom94125 said
  - 01 Sep 2017
    8:32 am
wow what a brave, quick acting girl. It’s great that she cared about her sibling that much to risk her safety! Never leave kids home alone though because this could’ve been a different outcome.

- - country chick said
  - 01 Sep 2017
    8:26 am
Lucky outcome! Those poor parents will be kicking themselves for leaving the kids at home alone

- - mom90758 said
  - 31 Aug 2017
    8:17 pm
This could have ended so bad. Very weird that the kids were left alone at home.
But the girl has been really good. Luckily she took action immediately!!!

- - june11 said
  - 31 Aug 2017
    8:15 pm
I don’t think the Police are going to be lenient with the parents for leaving their children home alone. The children could easily have died from smoke inhalation before the fire actually reached them.
- mom93821 replied
  
  01 Sep 2017 , 1:28 pm
  No doubt – there will be a thorough examination of the circumstances of the fire.
- - BellaB said
  - 31 Aug 2017
    7:14 pm
Brave and very sensible. Lucky parents!

- - mom112217 said
  - 31 Aug 2017
    6:46 pm
A very brave young lady,well done on saving your little brother.

- - mom160421 said
  - 31 Aug 2017
    6:25 pm
A lucky family all round I’d say. Could have been so tragic.

- - mom206279 said
  - 31 Aug 2017
    5:44 pm
This is exactly why you don’t leave kids alone. This could have ended so badly.

- - natct said
  - 31 Aug 2017
    3:21 pm
How can you leave little kids home alone? How thoughtless of their parents. She was very brave and lucky.

- - mom93821 said
  - 31 Aug 2017
    2:10 pm
Most certainly a brave young girl and I do wonder – where were the parents?