Oklahoma firefighters rescued a girl from a burning house Monday while her mother was taking other kids to school.
The fire broke out at around 8:30 a.m. at a home in Turley, KWTV-TV reports. The girl's two brothers were able to call 9-1-1 and get help from neighbors after making it out of the house.
"I know how that must have been hard knowing that their sister was in there, but they stayed out. And actually very, very calmly told the firefighters the area where his sister was at,” Turley Fire Chief David Morgan told KWTV.
Turley firefighters were joined by Tulsa Fire Department crews at the scene. They were able to reach the girl, 11, by going through the house's windows, and she first was taken to the burn unit at Hillcrest Medical Center in Tulsa before being transported to St. Francis Children's Hospital, where she's recovering.
Deputies from the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office initially investigated whether the children should have been unsupervised, and it was determined that they were old enough to be left home alone.
A GoFundMe campaign has been started to help the kids with clothing and toys. The Red Cross also is helping the family out.
"It broke my heart walking in the kids' room. All of their toys are melted from the heat from the house,” Morgan told KWTV.
