A Balch Springs woman and her young son are safe after police helped them escape their second-floor apartment during a fire early Monday morning.
That fire started around 6:30 a.m. at the Quail Apartments.
Three police officers, who arrived before the fire department, rushed through the building knocking on doors to wake up residents. But at one unit, flames had already closed in on the door.
Down below the second-story apartment officers yelled to the woman to open her window, but it was stuck.
Officer Cory Jones tossed his baton to break the window. That’s when the three officers coaxed the boy into jumping into their arms.
“It was only seconds, but it felt like hours because once again you’re looking at their faces and they’re fearful. I’m fearful for them. It was hard,” said Officer David Field.