10-year-old girl saves family members from garage fire

by Taylor Williams

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — A brave 10-year-old girl from Fort Wayne is credited with saving her family when a fire broke out in their garage.

“I had never heard the sound before and it was getting louder and more persistent,” 10-year-old Anna Strzelecki said. “I knew it wasn’t the guinea pigs or the bunnies. So I just kept telling mom to go look.” 

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