RELATED:Keep children safe during their summer vacationFirefighters gain control of fire in southern GolanShe was trapped in the house with her two children, 12- and 5-years-old. By the time rescue teams arrived the house was ablaze.Firefighters managed to rescue the mother and her 12-year-old son. The mother was reportedly unable to direct firefighters to her second son. Firefighters conducted a thorough scan of the house, finding the child dead in the house's basement safe-room.Rescue team personnel confirmed the boy's death on site. One police officer was also injured lightly from smoke inhalation and was taken to the nearby hospital for treatment.
Child dies in burning house in lower Galilee
Rescue team saves mother, one other child in Shimrit home, but returns to house to find five-year-old boy dead.
RELATED:Keep children safe during their summer vacationFirefighters gain control of fire in southern GolanShe was trapped in the house with her two children, 12- and 5-years-old. By the time rescue teams arrived the house was ablaze.Firefighters managed to rescue the mother and her 12-year-old son. The mother was reportedly unable to direct firefighters to her second son. Firefighters conducted a thorough scan of the house, finding the child dead in the house's basement safe-room.Rescue team personnel confirmed the boy's death on site. One police officer was also injured lightly from smoke inhalation and was taken to the nearby hospital for treatment.