Mom injured while saving children from burning home – Wed, 19 Feb 2014 PST

The wife of a firefighter rescued their three sleeping children Tuesday night from the couples burning home in the Ponderosa neighborhood of Spokane Valley. Rachelle Flatt noticed flames on the back patio and called 911 just after 9:30 p.m. Flames reached a propane tank attached to the outside grill before she could get her children out of the house. I was almost to the (front) door when the slider door exploded, she said. The tanks valve blew open and shattered a set of patio doors and pushed flames into the house, said Fire District 8 Assistant

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The wife of a firefighter rescued their three sleeping children Tuesday night from the couples burning home in the Ponderosa neighborhood of Spokane Valley.

Rachelle Flatt noticed flames on the back patio and called 911 just after 9:30 p.m. Flames reached a propane tank attached to the outside grill before she could get her children out of the house.

I was almost to the (front) door when the slider door exploded, she said.

The tanks valve blew open and shattered a set of patio doors and pushed flames into the house, said Fire District 8 Assistant Chief Greg Godfrey.

When Flatt reached the front door with her 3-year-old daughter, she found neighbors there to hand her to. Flatt went back inside for her 15-month-old daughter, then back again for her 6-year-old son. By that time the smoke was so thick the house was pitch black. Carrying her son, Flatt groped her way down the hallway, then fumbled with the front door that had shut behind her when she re-entered the house.

Thats when I really started to panic, she said. I was running out of air.

Her neighbors opened the door to let them out.

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