{"id":9584,"date":"2010-03-08T04:14:40","date_gmt":"2010-03-08T09:14:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=9584"},"modified":"2010-03-08T05:39:14","modified_gmt":"2010-03-08T10:39:14","slug":"deaf-woman-escapes-fire-by-jumping-through-second-story-window","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2010\/03\/08\/deaf-woman-escapes-fire-by-jumping-through-second-story-window\/","title":{"rendered":"Deaf Woman Escapes Fire By Jumping Through Second Story Window"},"content":{"rendered":"

Deaf Woman Escapes Fire By Jumping Through Second Story Window<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dena Richardson \/ KFOX News Reporter<\/p>\n

March 6, 2010<\/p>\n

EL PASO, Texas — Cindy Chavarria escaped a massive fire in her Pinon Trails
\napartment building with only a few scratches, a feat not possible without a
\nspecial smoke detector.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe wouldn’t have been able to hear anything. She wouldn’t have known
\nanything. She’s really grateful,\u201d said Jazmin Espinoza, who translated her
\nsister\u2019s sign language.<\/p>\n

Chavarria is deaf and lives alone. She said her smoke detector, equipped for
\nthe hearing impaired, alerted her to the fire.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe first noticed it when she saw the fire alarm flashing,\u201d said Espinoza.<\/p>\n

Chavarria opened her door, saw the shooting flames and jumped through her
\nsecond floor window, in fear for her life.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe was really scared,\u201d said Espinoza. \u201cShe didn’t know what to think. She
\nwas like… ‘I don’t know if I was going to make it out on time.’ She didn’t
\nknow what to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lt. Mario Hernandez said it took more than 15 units and 50 firefighters to
\nput out the flames. The apartment building, which had eight units, was fully
\nengulfed when fire crews arrived.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe fire station is about a block away,\u201d said Hernandez. \u201cSo that tells you
\nhow quickly the fire spread.\u201d<\/p>\n

All of the residents made it out safely. Firefighters did rescue a dog
\ntrapped inside one unit. Two other dogs that were trapped inside a first
\nfloor apartment died.<\/p>\n

Freddy Martinez, disaster services manager for the American Red Cross El
\nPaso area, said some residents had guests in town so the agency will help
\naround 35 people all together.<\/p>\n

Martinez siad the apartment manager had agreed to place residents in other
\nunits within the complex.<\/p>\n

As for Chavarria, she thanked the apartment manager for originally
\nsuggesting the special smoke detector that saved her life.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wish to tell the deaf community that that fire alarm is very
\nimportant,\u201d said Chavarria. \u201cAnd that’s why I have one, and I think all
\nhomes should have one.\u201d<\/p>\n

Four apartment units were heavily damaged in the fire. The damage has been
\nestimated at $1 million for the building and its contents.<\/p>\n

The fire has been ruled an accident. Investigators believe a man was heating
\noil to cook chicken when the oil became too hot, catching the kitchen,
\nincluding the exhaust, on fire.<\/p>\n

Source:
\n http:\/\/www.kfoxtv.com\/news\/22765033\/detail.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Deaf Woman Escapes Fire By Jumping Through Second Story Window Dena Richardson \/ KFOX News Reporter March 6, 2010 EL PASO, Texas — Cindy Chavarria escaped a massive fire in her Pinon Trails apartment building with only a few scratches,…<\/p>\n

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