Fire at a TN day care could have been tragic, fortunately it was not.
But one of their workers was drunk off his ass.
Daycare staff didnt move napping kids during fire, police say; 1 arrested
CLEVELAND, Tenn. (WTVC/CNN) - A fire at a Tennessee daycare on Thursday was very close to turning tragic.
When deputies arrived on scene, they arrested a daycare worker, who admitted to drinking on the job.
Thankfully, all 27 children made it out of the burning building OK.
An arrest report indicated the staff didnt want to wake kids who were sleeping.
Absolute panic, rage, disgust are the emotions Hannah McClain said she felt thinking about why staff didnt immediately move the kids out of danger, including her 5-year-old daughter, who was inside sleeping when Little Lambs daycare caught fire.
Im just nervous about how Im going to move forward, From all of this. Im sorry, Im getting emotional, she said. Thats their lives, and its in your hands to fix, and you couldnt even get them up from naptime.
In a surveillance video from the auto shop next door, you can see the fire started on the side building.
That whole backside was on fire. It was big black smoke, said Katie Brown, Cleveland Collision owner.
The children were sleeping. They immediately jumped into action and began to pull children from from beds, said Adam Lewis, Bradley County EMA, of their emergency response.
According to the arrest report, the suspect, James Carpenter, appeared intoxicated and admitted to drinking multiple servings of vodka, whiskey and several beers.
Carpenter was charged with 27 counts of child neglect and intoxication. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
https://www.wbay.com/2022/02/13/daycare-staff-didnt-move-napping-kids-during-fire-police-say-1-arrested/