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It may have been much worse had it not been for the calmness of a young 11-year-old girl who placed an important 9-1-1 call last summer.
On the afternoon of August 21, a fire broke out at the girl’s home in the 700 block of Charter Oak Street in South Pasadena.
At the time of the blaze, the home was being used as a licensed day care with six children inside.
While, Elsa Durrett’s mother, Denise, was ensuring that the children were able to exit safely, Elsa made one of the initial 9-1-1 calls “and was able to provide very accurate, detailed call information to the dispatchers,” explained
