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Eau Claire police officer helps evacuate family during fire
Body-worn camera footage shows an Eau Claire police officer rushing inside a town house to evacuate a family during a fire.
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (FOX 9) - Body-worn camera video shows an Eau Claire police officer evacuating a town house that had a family inside when a fire broke out in a connected unit.
Eau Claire fire rescue
What we know:
The Eau Claire Police Department said its officers, along with members of the Eau Claire Fire Department, responded to a fire in a four-unit town house complex just before 7 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 13.
Residents who had evacuated their units then told police that there was still at least one unit unaccounted for.
The video shows Officer Rusin force entry into the town house unit and call out to the family inside. He then picked up a young child from a crib and took the child outside while a parent carried out another child.
Law enforcement officials say everyone was accounted for within two minutes of the officers arriving.
What we don't know:
The cause of the fire was not shared.
The Source: This story uses information and video shared by the Eau Claire Police Department.