A 24-year-old Wichita woman is facing charges as a result of a fire investigation.
Police were called to a domestic violence report Wednesday afternoon in the 4400 block of East Bayley. They saw a four-year-old boy crying on the porch of a nearby home. Believing that the boy was locked out of his home, they went to his home and opened the door, and a large amount of smoke came out. Officers found a two-year-old boy on a couch and a fire in the kitchen. They got the boy outside and also removed a three-month-old child who was in a back bedroom.
Police remained on the scene until a parent arrived about 45 minutes later. The investigation revealed that the mother left the three children in the home alone to go get Christmas presents. The mother was arrested on three counts of aggravated child endangerment. Fire and EMS crews said the two children in the home would have died of smoke inhalation if not for the fast response of the police officers on the scene. The two boys were treated at the scene for smoke inhalation. The three-month-old girl from the home was taken to a hospital for treatment and was expected to be released Thursday.
Information will be presented to the Sedgwick County District Attorney’s Office for a decision on charges to be filed.
