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Nokomis Fire Injuries

The infant rescued from the house fire in Nokomis yesterday morning is expected to make a full recovery. First Baptist Church of Nokomis Pastor Ryan Follis was at the fire before the fire department arrived and has been in contact with the Carlson family whose house caught fire. Follis says the infant daughter rescued from a second story bedroom was "lifeless and didn't move" when the firefighters got her out of the house, but gasped for air and started crying on the way to be airlifted to St. John's Hospital in Springfield. She is in the Pediatric Unit at the hospital and suffered second degree burns on her neck and hands and minor burns on her face. She is expected to make a full recovery. The mother who was injured in the fire was also airlifted and is currently at the Memorial Medical Center's Burn Unit. She has third degree burns on her foot and is expected to make a full recovery. Follis says the family lost everything in the fire and a fund to benefit the family has been set up at the First National Bank of Nokomis and at the First Baptist Church of Nokomis. Thomack 1/6/16

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