MUM SAVES KIDS FROM FRIDGE FIRE
Theresa, 32, tells of kitchen blaze drama
A MUM pulled her five kids to safety – just minutes before a fierce fridge fire took hold of their kitchen.
Theresa Ironmonger had been gardening at the family home when she heard a popping noise coming from the kitchen.
The 32-year-old thought a fuse had blown but soon noticed a trail of smoke in the kitchen and the smell of burning.
She then rushed Nathan, 13, Samuel, 11, Xander, nine, Benjamin, four and Mirryn, three, out the Haugh of Urr house alongside the family pets.
She then called the fire service but feared she was being a “drama queen” and would be laughed at when emergency crews arrived.
But, within 10 minutes, a fierce fire had taken hold in the kitchen – sending a thick plume of black smoke out the door.
Describing the incident, which happened on August 10, Theresa said: “There were two loud pops and the smoke went black and began to pour out of the door. I was hysterical.
“The fire engines roared up, the firemen quickly turned off gas, electricity, removed anything that might be explosive, moved me and the kids to safety and set about tackling what was now a full-blown blaze in the kitchen.
“After they said it was so hot they couldn’t initially get in the door.”
“The fire marshal said it was only about five minutes away from getting into the insulation in the loft and then the whole house would have been gone.”
The family, who rent the property near Dumfries, are now staying with relatives while repair work is carried out.