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The fire Oct. 25 that ruined this house at 1008 N. Huron St. in Pierre started on the front deck shown here from cigarette smoking materials and moved up the siding into the attic of the house, Fire Chief Ian Paul told the Capital Journal on Tuesday. The seven-year-old boy who lives there came home from school that day and knew, from fire safety training at school taught by Pierre Volunteer firefighters, that the warm deck and door meant trouble and he ran across the street to get help from a neighbor who called 911. The boy's high school-aged sister was in her room and was taken out by her step-father who is a volunteer firefighter, Chief Paul said.  (Stephen Lee/Capital Journal)

Lois Van Ash is a grateful great-grandmother who told city leaders Tuesday night what Pierre firefighters taught her seven-year-old great-grandson probably saved his life and his sister’s when his family’s house was wrecked by a recent fire.

Van Ash was accompanied by her husband of 65 years, Gordon, to the Nov. 13 meeting where she read a statement to the City Commission during the public comment period.


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