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A 5-Year-Old Boy Warned People To Get Out During A Fire And Saved 13 Lives


A fire broke out in a building and 13 people were sleeping inside.

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But if the little had not informed them on time, the situation could have become worse.

A 5-Year-Old Boy named Jayden Espinosa warned people to get out of a burning home when the fire alarms apparently malfunctioned.  

Jayden had been staying at his aunt’s home with his two sisters, according to fire officials and the boy’s mother Tracey Espinosa. 

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Everyone inside the home was sleeping except Jayden, said his mother. When he smelled the smoke he ran to tell his aunt and everyone. 

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But the little hero didn’t stop here Jayden knew his aunt’s home was a duplex, he walked down the stairs to warn sleeping neighbors of the fire. 

“He came, he said, ‘You’ve got to get out, the house is on fire.’ He saved everybody,” resident Sanavia Connely said. “Without him, I don’t think we would have made it.”

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Jayden said: “I smelled the smoke and I got up and went outside,” 

“Auntie’s house was burning,” 

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“I was scared!”

“I got everyone out of that house because I was trying to save them,” 

“Because I’m smart and brilliant.” 

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Nicole Peeples, Jayden’s aunt, said: “Without Jayden, I don’t think we would have survived,” 

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“He said ‘auntie, auntie, there’s a fire. We need to get out.’ I never smelled any smoke and the fire alarms never went off. I’m so glad he was there.”

Jayden’s father is proud of his son for saving 13 lives.

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“What he did was courageous. I would hope that anyone would do the same thing,” Jayden’s father Kashmir Espinosa said.

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The little boy’s mom said that her son credited God with saving their lives.

“[Jayden] said that God has a plan,” 

“Everything will be okay. He saved everyone. If he hadn’t got sent to his Auntie’s house Wednesday, then he would’ve never been there to get everybody out of the building.”

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