Ogden, UT - Around 2pm yesterday the building entailing Pedro's Mexican Restaurant as well as apartments, went up in flames. The fire is assumed to be caused by a grease spill in the restaurant's kitchen.
"I was cooking some tacos, and the oil popped and hit the fire. It splashed on my hands and burned me. The fire got bigger and bigger. I grabbed the extinguisher and tried to get it out, but I was not fast enough." says Pedro Sanchez, owner of restaurant.
Just five minutes after the emergency call, the fire had rapidly grown. Greg Chamberlain, Deputy Fire Cheif and first vehicle on the scene describes what he saw. "The building was entirely emblazed. I saw three individuals shouting from a window."
The three persons were Pedro's brother, Miguel Sanchez, and his two little girls, Maria del Mar, 4, and Mecedes, 2. All three were rescued by the Fire Dept with minor injuries. They were taken to a nearby hospital and released less than an hour later.
Fortunately, there were no serious injuries. Rachel Calhoun, building manager says, "I'm just glad nobody got seriously hurt. Firefighters did their job."
Plans to rebuild the building will be determined at a later time.
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5 comments:
Nice story! It flowed, and it left no questions in my mind about what really happened.
I like how your story didn't jump around, but stayed in chronological order (which made it easy to follow.) I also liked that you included the two girl's ages...it made it seem more official. Overall good job.
This story was great. It was strait forward and made sense. Chronilogical order made it easy to follow. Although it is an emergency and tragedy, you may include some descriptive words to make it more "action packed". Do this tactfully of course.
Great job on the story! :) nice work using so many quotes! :)
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