Father drops infant from balcony to firefighter to escape fire
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A North St. Paul father dropped his infant daughter from a second-story balcony to a firefighter below as a fire burned in his apartment building.
Assistant Fire Chief Dustin Kalis says both father and daughter are fine, but it was a precarious situation Sunday when the fire broke out. Kalis says there was no time to waste as the father came out on the balcony with the three-month-old baby. He told the father to let her go as he stood by underneath ready to catch the child.
A video shows the infant landing safely in the firefighter's arms. Kalis passed the baby to another firefighter and coached the father down from the balcony.
KSTP-TV resports a candle burning in a first-floor apartment likely started the fire that displaced many tenants.
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