An Oklahoma daycare was evacuated after a car fire in their parking lot.The flames reached two cars next to the building, forcing everyone to get out. The daycare workers said that the fire scared them as much as it scared the children.When Jones Fire Department arrived to put out the fire, Nannie’s Daycare was already getting children to safety.”Before we could look up, all the women that worked there at Nannie’s daycare had a perfect plan in place,” said Mark Taylor, Jones Fire chief.The fire department said they were responding to a call of a car on fire in a shopping center parking lot.”Upon our arrival we found one car fully engulfed, impending on the second vehicle next to it. It had already blew out the windows and blew the tires out of that also,” Taylor said.In the shopping center, the staff was already working on getting children out.”The director went and pulled the fire alarm and proceeded to evacuate all the children out of the facility. Then she ran out to the playground to help with getting the children off of the playground because it was pretty close to where the car had caught on fire,” said Sherry Minnick, owner of Nannie’s Daycare.While the fire department worked to put out the blaze, the children were down the road at a local bank.”The people from the bank, who are right behind us, they actually came out and said, ‘Hey, bring those kids in here,'” Minnick said.The owner said it comes as no surprise that everyone around them was willing to help get the children to safety.”It’s a small community so everybody knows just about everybody and when the bank saw what was happening, they started handing out waters and suckers to the kids,” Minnick said.The owner said she’s extremely grateful for the help from their neighbors and the fire department.
An Oklahoma daycare was evacuated after a car fire in their parking lot.
The flames reached two cars next to the building, forcing everyone to get out. The daycare workers said that the fire scared them as much as it scared the children.
When Jones Fire Department arrived to put out the fire, Nannie’s Daycare was already getting children to safety.
“Before we could look up, all the women that worked there at Nannie’s daycare had a perfect plan in place,” said Mark Taylor, Jones Fire chief.
The fire department said they were responding to a call of a car on fire in a shopping center parking lot.
“Upon our arrival we found one car fully engulfed, impending on the second vehicle next to it. It had already blew out the windows and blew the tires out of that also,” Taylor said.
In the shopping center, the staff was already working on getting children out.
“The director went and pulled the fire alarm and proceeded to evacuate all the children out of the facility. Then she ran out to the playground to help with getting the children off of the playground because it was pretty close to where the car had caught on fire,” said Sherry Minnick, owner of Nannie’s Daycare.
While the fire department worked to put out the blaze, the children were down the road at a local bank.
“The people from the bank, who are right behind us, they actually came out and said, ‘Hey, bring those kids in here,'” Minnick said.
The owner said it comes as no surprise that everyone around them was willing to help get the children to safety.
“It’s a small community so everybody knows just about everybody and when the bank saw what was happening, they started handing out waters and suckers to the kids,” Minnick said.
The owner said she’s extremely grateful for the help from their neighbors and the fire department.
