Star Journal

Top Menu

  • Contact Us
  • Hodag Star Journal E-Edition
  • Subscribe

Main Menu

  • Local
    • News
    • Business
    • Schools
    • Law & Order
    • Arts & Ent
    • Wedding Planner
    • Viewpoint
    • Sports
      • Sports News
      • High School Sports Scores
  • Covid 19
  • Outdoors
  • Wellness
  • Classifieds
    • View Ads
    • Place Ads
  • Our Legals
    • Legal Ads
    • Statewide
  • Obits
  • Lake View
  • Northwoods NOW
  • Living On The Lake
  • Contact Us
  • Hodag Star Journal E-Edition
  • Subscribe

logo

Star Journal

  • Local
    • News
    • Business
    • Schools
    • Law & Order
    • Arts & Ent
    • Wedding Planner
    • Viewpoint
    • Sports
      • Sports News
      • High School Sports Scores
  • Covid 19
  • Outdoors
  • Wellness
  • Classifieds
    • View Ads
    • Place Ads
  • Our Legals
    • Legal Ads
    • Statewide
  • Obits
  • Lake View
  • Northwoods NOW
  • Living On The Lake
Latest NewsNews
Home›Latest News›Boy who saved two siblings recognized for heroism

Boy who saved two siblings recognized for heroism

By Star Journal
June 24, 2016
1180
0
Share:

Adam Cameron Lee Granger carried sister, led brother out of burning house

BY KEVIN BONESKE

REPORTER/PHOTOGRAPHER

A seven-year-old boy is being called a hero after carrying his six-month-old sister and leading his four-year-old brother out of a house fire that occurred Tuesday afternoon two blocks north of the Rhinelander Fire Department.

Adam Cameron Lee Granger was honored during a special program Friday at the fire station and presented a Commendation for Heroism plaque by assistant fire chief Tom Waydick.

Waydick said the fire department responded to the structure fire at 335 N. Brown St., where it was reported that three children were trapped in the upstairs apartment.

“Upon arrival, firefighters were told the children were out of the structure and no one was inside,” he said. “Later we learned the reason the children were out of the structure was due to the bravery and quick actions of seven-year-old Adam Cameron Lee Granger.”

Waydick said Adam went into the apartment and discovered the fire in the kitchen with flames reaching the ceiling, and then he rushed down the hallway to a back bedroom where his sixth-month sister, Kierra, was in her crib and pulled her from the crib, heading back down the hallway towards the fire, and the exit.

On Adam’s way out, Waydick said the boy had his four-year-old brother, Eathan, follow him to safety, thereby saving two lives that day.

As for others who were nearby at the time of the blaze, Waydick said Adam’s father was in the yard preparing a campfire for the children and, once alerted to the fire, raced into the apartment with his brother not knowing all the children had made it out.

Waydick said the father attempted to extinguish the fire while the brother searched inside for the baby and then, after being told the baby couldn’t be found, the father began to search the apartment until hearing someone outside say the children were all out.

He said the father ended up crawling down the hallway in the thick smoke to the stairs where he tumbled to safety and suffered burns to his arms.

Waydick said the exact cause of the fire is undetermined, but based on interviews and evidence at the scene, it has been classified as accidental and is believed to have been caused by the four-year-old attempting to make something on the stove.

The house, which has been uninhabitable since the blaze, sustained heat, fire and smoke damage upstairs.

TagsFeatured
Previous Article

Trailer disconnects from semi, leaks fuel into ...

Next Article

New stack structure takes shape

0
Shares
  • 0
  • +
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

Related articles More from author

  • Business

    Letting go is key

    February 5, 2015
    By StarJournal
  • Arts & EntMultimediaPhoto GalleryVideo

    The Rainforest comes to Rhinelander

    April 27, 2015
    By StarJournal
  • Latest NewsLocalNews

    The Seed Library

    April 27, 2015
    By StarJournal
  • LocalNewsOutdoors

    High risk of fire

    May 3, 2015
    By StarJournal
  • Schools

    Careers on Wheels: Students learn what makes these careers go ’round and ’round

    May 11, 2015
    By StarJournal
  • Latest News

    Rhinelander Fans in the Stands

    May 11, 2015
    By StarJournal

Leave a reply Cancel reply

You must be logged in to post a comment.

About Us


Star Journal is published by Multi Media Channels LLC, N2919 County Road QQ Waupaca, WI 54981.

  • Contact Us
  • Hodag Star Journal E-Edition
  • Subscribe
Copyright © 2020 Multi Media Channels LLC.
All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication or any of its contents may be reproduced, copied, modified or adapted without the prior written consent of Multi Media Channels LLC.
×