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‘He’s my hero’

Both a family tragedy and a little boy’s act of heroism unfolded when a fire broke out at 4:30 a.m. Monday at a home on on N. 20th Street home.Elias Uvalle, 11, was asleep when he felt something hot. When he woke, he saw the charger, connected to an outlet powering his cell phone near his bed, had ignited.He went into the bathroom near his room and turned on the water.“It would stop it from not spreading,” Elias said about his reason for turning on the tap. “The water will overflow and drip on the floor.”He woke up his two ...

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Lamesa Press-Reporter

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Lamesa, TX 79331
806-872-2177