Father of 5 Dies After Running Into House Fire to Save His Family

A father of 5 has died in a home fireplace whereas attempting to save lots of his household. 

Matthew Wright, 38, died from accidents sustained in a fireplace at his household residence within the 700 block of West Third Street in Pratt, Kansas, on Monday, Dec. 16, Pratt Police said in a information launch posted on Facebook. 

The sufferer ran inside his burning house in an try to save lots of his fiancée Megan and two of his kids, who he was unaware had already escaped, in keeping with the native outlet KWCH. 

Police and the City of Pratt Fire Department responded to a name about folks “possibly trapped” inside a home on fireplace at 2:38 p.m. They arrived to discover a lady and two kids “were able to escape the residence” whereas the person “remained inside,” per the discharge. 

“Firefighters from the City of Pratt were able to get the 38-year-old male from the house, but he later succumbed to his injuries in the fire,” police stated. 

The lady and two kids sustained non-life-threatening accidents within the incident. 

The fireplace was decided to be an unintentional electrical fireplace by police.

A GoFundMe web page has been arrange for Wright’s household following the tragic incident to lift cash for his funeral, which has up to now raised $3,070. 

According to the web page, Wright was “outside when the blaze began” and ran contained in the burning house “without hesitation … to save his family.” 

“It’s hard to grasp the magnitude of this loss, not just for his immediate family but for all those who knew and loved him,” the web page reads. 

Wright is abandoning his fiancée Megan and 5 kids —Jaylen, Elijah, Darius, Quinton, and Quinn.

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Longtime pal Charles Coffman Jr. advised KWCH, “Without hesitation I know he didn’t think, blink, or had any concern about himself, he was worried about his family, and he went in there to get them.”

“When it came to his family … he’d do anything he could, you know? He loved them,” Coffman continued. “Christmases from this day forward are going to be tough for a long time.”