“We are stronger together,” daycare officials said
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- Daycare employees helped evacuate 33 children from the building where they were being cared for when a car hit the business and sparked a blaze, according to fire officials
- No one who was inside the building when the crash and fire occurred was injured, fire officials said
- Both fire officials and officials with the daycare are praising the employees for their heroics
Staff members at an Oklahoma daycare are being hailed as heroes for saving the lives of nearly three dozen kids after a car crashed into the facility and sparked a fire.
Firefighters responded to the scene near the 11500 block of West Reno Avenue shortly after 4:30 p.m. local time on Friday, Dec. 12, according to a news release from the Oklahoma City Fire Department.
Fire officials said a structure fire broke out at the La Petite Academy after a vehicle “left the roadway” and hit the building, which had 33 children and five adults inside…