SPRINGFIELD — An 8-year-old boy has died after a fire in Springfield.
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News Center 7 previously reported that crews were called to Broadway Avenue on reports of a house fire around 11 a.m. on Dec. 15.
A mother was asleep in the living room with two of her children when the fire happened.
“She couldn’t figure out what was going on until she got her bearings to understand that it was a fire,’ Springfield Fire Chief Jacob King said.
When she noticed flames, she put those kids on the front porch and started searching through the home to try and find her two other children.
“She was actively engaged in trying to save her children. But the growth and volume of fire that was in the home was just so much for her,” King said. “But she went harder than almost anyone I know to try and get them.
Fire crews showed up within minutes and rescued the two children.
Two children were seriously hurt and taken to the hospital.
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One of the children, an 8-year-old boy, died from his injuries on Dec. 19 at 10 p.m.
King said the parents decided that they were going to donate the child’s organs, and eight to ten children were able to receive critical donations because of this.
The other child, a 5-year-old girl, is still in critical condition and has burns to 70% of her body.
The mother suffered frostbite, smoke inhalation, and had to get stitches.
King said the home did not have working smoke detectors.
“Having working smoke detectors is what will save your life,” he said.
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