Video: We are nearing the end of national fire prevention week. A Springfield woman is hoping her story is a lesson on how smoke detectors can save lives.
"It looked like a fire breathing dragon." said Genile Dennison. It was just after 2:00AM last Wednesday morning when Dennison was woken up by her smoke alarm going off in her living room. Genile says the window air conditioning unit was on fire and because it was still running, it was pushing the flames into the living room.
"It wasn't just burning up, it was burning out." Dennison explained. "It was the scariest thing I have ever seen in my whole life."
Everyone made it outside safely, but had it not been for a simple smoke alarm, it could have been a much different story.