The child and her mom had been struggling to flee after a fireplace broke out on the Isles at East Millenia advanced, the Orange County Sheriff’s Workplace mentioned in a information launch.
Deputies responded to the scene simply earlier than 4:15 a.m. and located the mom and child on a third-floor balcony with flames coming from the residence, the information launch mentioned.
Deputy William Puzynski climbed to the second-floor balcony, grabbed the child from her mom and lowered her to different deputies on the bottom, the video reveals.
“Simply earlier than climbing up the constructing, Deputy Puzynski took off his heavy outer ballistic vest – which his digicam is connected to – to make it simpler for him to climb. It is a tremendous accident that the digicam was capable of seize what occurred subsequent,” the discharge mentioned.
“Afterwards when the mother got here and located me, she truly gave me a hug, so it was rewarding,” he mentioned. “It is a totally different feeling. Some nights you go dwelling, and you do not actually know in case you’ve made a distinction, however in conditions like this you’re feeling it.”
The child’s mom and grandmother had been rescued utilizing a ladder, the sheriff’s workplace mentioned. No casualties had been reported and no deputies had been injured within the fireplace, officers mentioned.
