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2 Wis. brothers save family from house fire

The boys’ parents attribute their safety to repetition; going over the fire escape plan so many times, the boys memorized it

KSTP.com

WISCONSIN — Nine-year-old Douglas and his 7-year-old brother, Dominyck, know the rules when it comes to safety.

“The roof was on fire, the sides were on fire,” Dominyck said. Just a few weeks ago, the brothers woke up to a fire billowing from the night light in their bedroom in their western Wisconsin home.

Douglas lives with autism and has a tough time communicating. He may not say much, but that night he didn’t need to. “Douglas comes bursting through the door and is like, “Hey, I think this is an emergency,” said the boys’ father, Karl Lane. “There’s smoke all over the basement and my bed is on fire.”

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