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12-year-old girl's brave, quick response saves family from fire in Clinton

Deysi Aguirre's actions so impressed the Clinton Fire Department, they created an award for her

12-year-old girl's brave, quick response saves family from fire in Clinton

Deysi Aguirre's actions so impressed the Clinton Fire Department, they created an award for her

KILEE: THIS IS HOW BAD IT WAS. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE HOME IS A TOTAL LOSS. THIS IS WHAT’S LEFT OF THE COUCH DEYSI WAS SLEEPING ON WHEN EVERYTHING WENT UP IN FLAMES. TODAY SHE TOOK US BACK INSIDE THE HOUSE FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THAT NIGHT. >> I HEARD EVERYTHING FIRST. KILEE: WOKEN UP FROM A SOUND SLEEP EARLY SATURDAY MORNING, DEYSI HEARD SPARKS FROM A NEARBY ELECTRICAL CORD. >> I WAS SLEEPING RIGHT HERE AND THE FIRE STARTED RIGHT THERE SO . KILEE: THE FLAMES CATCHING THE SIDE TABLE AND COUCH ON FIRE. >> I STARTED SCREAMING MY AUNT’S NAME. KILEE: QUICK ON HER FEET, DEYSI GRABBED WHAT WAS MOST IMPORTANT TO HER. >> MY SISTER WAS IN THIS ROOM AND MY AUNT AND COUSIN WERE IN THIS ROOM. KILEE: HER FAMILY. >> I CAN’T REMEMBER WHAT I WAS THINKING, BUT I WAS JUST TRYING TO GET THEM OUT. KILEE: THIS IS WHO SHE SAVED. HER 3 SIBLINGS AND 3 COUSINS, ALL ASLEEP IN THE ROOM NEXT DOOR. DEYSI WOKE THEM UP AND RAN TO THEIR NEIGHBOR’S HOUSE. >> SHE’S AN AMAZING LITTLE GIRL. SHE’S FAR BEYOND HER YEARS. KILEE: NOW AT JUST 12 YEARS OLD, DEYSI IS THE FIRST EVER TO RECEIVE AN AWARD FROM THE CLINTON FIRE DEPARTMENT. >> WE PUT TOGETHER THE CLINTON FIRE DEPARTMENT AWARD FOR COURAGE AND BRAVERY. IT’S JUST SOMETHING WE FELT LIKE WE SHOULD DO FOR HER. >> EVERYONE TOLD ME I’M A HERO. I FEEL GOOD BECAUSE I SAVED MY FAMILY. KILEE: TODAY WAS THE FIRST TIME BACK IN HER HOUSE, WALKING THROUGH HER OLD ROOM, DEYSI SAID SHE’LL MISS ALL THE HAPPY MEMORIES. >> THESE ARE MY CLOTHES. IT’S BURNED. KILEE: AN INCREDIBLY STRONG LITTLE GIRL. AS YOU SAW, EVERYTHING WAS BURNED IN THE FIRE. THE FAMILY IS ASKING FOR DONATED CLOTHING, ESPECIALLY FOR MOM AND DAD, AS THEY RENT A NEW PLACE IN TOWN. REPORTING IN CLINTON, KI
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12-year-old girl's brave, quick response saves family from fire in Clinton

Deysi Aguirre's actions so impressed the Clinton Fire Department, they created an award for her

An entire family was saved from a burning home in Clinton – all thanks to a 12-year-old girl.The Clinton Fire Department is hailing her a hero. The home was a total loss, the damage clearly severe.There’s not much left of the couch Deysi Aguirre was sleeping on when everything went up in flames. On Wednesday, she took KOCO 5 back to the house for the first time since that night. “I heard everything first,” she said.Sparks from a nearby electrical cord woke her up from a sound sleep Saturday night.“I was sleeping right here and the fire started right there, so I was really close to the fire,” she said. Flames spread to the side table and couch. “I started screaming my aunt’s name,” she said. Quick on her feet, she grabbed what was most important to her – her family.“I can’t remember what I was thinking, but I was just trying to get them out,” she said. She saved three siblings and three cousins, all sleeping in the next room over. She woke them up and ran to a neighbor’s house.“She’s an amazing little girl. She’s far beyond her years,” said Lt. Dylan Abner with the Clinton Fire Department. Aguirre is the first to receive an award from the fire department."We put together the Clinton Fire Department award for courage and bravery. It's just something we felt like we should do for her,” Abner said. Said Aguirre: “Everyone told me I’m a hero. I feel good because I saved my family."The family is asking for donated clothing, especially for mom and dad, as they rent a new place in town.

An entire family was saved from a burning home in Clinton – all thanks to a 12-year-old girl.

The Clinton Fire Department is hailing her a hero.

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The home was a total loss, the damage clearly severe.

There’s not much left of the couch Deysi Aguirre was sleeping on when everything went up in flames. On Wednesday, she took KOCO 5 back to the house for the first time since that night.

“I heard everything first,” she said.

Sparks from a nearby electrical cord woke her up from a sound sleep Saturday night.

“I was sleeping right here and the fire started right there, so I was really close to the fire,” she said.

Flames spread to the side table and couch.

“I started screaming my aunt’s name,” she said.

Quick on her feet, she grabbed what was most important to her – her family.

“I can’t remember what I was thinking, but I was just trying to get them out,” she said.

She saved three siblings and three cousins, all sleeping in the next room over.

She woke them up and ran to a neighbor’s house.

“She’s an amazing little girl. She’s far beyond her years,” said Lt. Dylan Abner with the Clinton Fire Department.

Aguirre is the first to receive an award from the fire department.

"We put together the Clinton Fire Department award for courage and bravery. It's just something we felt like we should do for her,” Abner said.

Said Aguirre: “Everyone told me I’m a hero. I feel good because I saved my family."

The family is asking for donated clothing, especially for mom and dad, as they rent a new place in town.