VIDEO: Two teenage girls are being recognized for their quick thinking after escaping a house fire in Fond du Lac. They were home alone early Monday morning and used a ladder to make it out from a second-story window before running to a neighbor to call for help.
Fond du Lac firefighters arrived on the scene at 130 West Division Street just after two teenage girls used a ladder to escape from their bedroom window and ran to wake up a neighbor across the street.
“They have this ladder in their room, and when they heard the smoke alarms and could smell the smoke, they climb out the ladder, and away from the house,” said Pam, a neighbor of the victims.
The ladder was something the family just bought at a garage sale. Firefighter Jason Roberts says it’s a device that anyone can purchase and should have if you live higher than on the first floor.