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Woman and Child Rescued from Westgate House Fire
A woman and her son have escaped injury in an early morning house fire in Westgate.
Authorities received a report of a house on fire at about 1:15am today (Thursday, Jan. 21) at 105 Pearl Street in Westgate. Residents in the house were woken by smoke alarms.
The woman, identified as Miranda Steinbronn, and her 6 year old son, were trapped in a bedroom on the second floor.
The fire department enlisted the aid of a deputy and other people, to put together a rescue team.
Steinbronn and her son were pulled to safety; they were treated for minor injuries at the scene.