Two young children were saved from a fire after their 17-year-old brother quickly removed them from their smoke-filled home, the ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Fire Department said.
Fire crews went to the house in the 8300 block of East 25th Street about 12:45 p.m. Friday following reports of smoke in the area.
Units arrived in five minutes and were able to quickly put out the fire which was burning in a single room of the house.
Smoke was first noticed by a 17-year-old boy in the house, and took his six-month-old sister out of the house. Unable to get back into the house because of the heavy smoke coming through the front door, the teen broke a bedroom window and removed another sister, who the department said is about a year old.
Two dogs got out of the house safely and another dog was found safe during a search by firefighters.
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No injuries were reported.
The displaced family of five and their three dogs are receiving assistance from the Red Cross.
The cause of the fire is undetermined.
Contact Star reporter Shaq Davis at 573-4218 or sdavis@tucson.com
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