Neighbors Pull Man From Burning Wright City Home

By Joe Varrone, Record Staff Writer
Posted 11/7/19

Neighbors saved a man this week from a burning home in the Pine Forest Subdivision of Wright City. Tuesday, April 12, an afternoon fire at the home of Stacy and Teresa Kinder resulted in moderate …

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Neighbors Pull Man From Burning Wright City Home

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Neighbors saved a man this week from a burning home in the Pine Forest Subdivision of Wright City. Tuesday, April 12, an afternoon fire at the home of Stacy and Teresa Kinder resulted in moderate damage, but no serious injuries. Wright City Fire Chief Ron MacKnight said the cause of the fire has yet to be determined, but that it appeared to have started in the kitchen. “It was in the kitchen and (spread) above into the attic,” he said. Stacy Kinder was asleep in his bedroom when 10-year-old neighbor Haley Formen saw heavy smoke coming from the roof of the trailer home. “Oh my God, she’s a little hero,” said Teresa Kinder. “She saved (Stacy) and the family. I am shocked.” “She came in and told me the house next door was on fire,” said Tammy Foster, Formen’s grandmother. “I called 911 and my husband and grandson went over and pulled him out of the house through his bedroom window.” “He was passed out from the smoke,” said Tom Foster, Tammy Foster’s husband. “The smoke was bad. We didn’t know where he was because we couldn’t see and I kept yelling out his name. “I just kept thinking please don’t be home. Then we heard him mumble and pulled him out through his bedroom window. He didn’t know where he was. He was out of it. His eyes were so red, it looked like somebody threw acid on him,” he added. “We didn’t even know if he was home,” said Kenneth Foster, Tammy Foster’s grandson. Tom Foster laughed at the notion that he was referred to as a hero. “That’s my friend,” he said. “They’d do that for me.” Teresa Kinder had just finished work and arrived home to a scene of fire trucks, police cars and medical personnel crowded around her house on Twin Pines. “I just got off work and I had seen all this and I didn’t think it was our place,” she said, holding back tears. Stacy Kinder was treated for smoke inhalation by the Warren County Ambulance District, but personnel said he was fine. Wright City, Warrenton and Wentzville fire departments all responded to the call.


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