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Bodycam Shows Chattanooga Officer Rescuing Family From Burning Home

The video highlights how first-arriving police can act before firefighters and change the outcome in a fast-moving blaze.

Overview

  • Newly released police video, which captured a May 1 fire in Hixson, shows a Chattanooga officer rushing into a burning two-story home to lead a mother and two children out.
  • Officer Rogers carried 4-year-old Marlowe to safety as her mother, Rachel Blaylock, exited with 10-year-old Charles, according to local reports.
  • The footage also shows Rogers grabbing a fire extinguisher to slow flames spreading across the front porch.
  • The Chattanooga Fire Department said crews knocked the blaze down in about 20 minutes and reported no injuries.
  • The Red Cross is helping the displaced Blaylock family, and a fundraiser says the fire destroyed their home and most of their belongings.