Instructions from student: Write a story [AP Style] based on the information given below. Kind of like a news article. Feel free to look at the rubric for more information.
Instructions from assignment:
Write a 450-word story based on the following set of notes. Be sure to write the story in the hourglass style build in a chronology of the incident somewhere in the middle of the story.
From Neil Heesacker, spokesman, Portland Fire Department: Firefighters responded to a blaze at an apartment in a 32-unit apartment complex, Anderson Villa Apartments, at 15758 SE Division St., at 6:39 a.m. Monday. The fire was brought under control at 7:05 a.m. The blaze caused an estimated $50,000 in damage to the building and $10,000 in damage to the apartments contents. The value of the apartment building is $480,000. The second-floor apartment was rented by Linda Lee Fuson. Her two sons, Kenneth Fuson, 10, and Michael Fuson, 14, were in the apartment at the time of the fire. Linda Fuson was not in the apartment. She arrived some time after 6:40 a.m. Her whereabouts before then are unknown. The fire burned through the floor and blistered the gypsum walls and melted the familys television set. Their three pet birds died.
The fire also caused smoke damage to the apartment of Pat and Lisa Hampton, who live across the stairs from the Fusons. The cause of the fire is under investigation. A neighbor, Darren Nitz, saved Michael Fusons life. Nitz lives on the first floor, just under the Fusons apartment. Michael Fuson suffered burns over a third of his body. He is in critical condition at Emanuel Hospitals burn unit. He has second- and third-degree burns on his hands, arms, face, neck, back, buttocks and thighs. Kenneth Fuson was trapped in his room. He died in the fire. Fire in an enclosed space such as an apartment can push temperatures to 1,700 degree Fahrenheit near the ceiling and 1,000 degrees on the floor.
From Darren Nitz, apartment complex resident: About 6:35 a.m., I heard neighbors pounding on my door and yelling about the fire. I didnt think much of it at first, until someone said two children were trapped in an apartment. Michael was about seven feet from his bedroom door. He was saying, I cant, I cant, and rolling over and over. I said, Weve got to get you out of here. I tried to grab hold of his arm but couldnt because he was so badly burned. I put him over my shoulder and carried him outside. He told me that Kenneth was still upstairs. I went back to the top of the stairs but the flames reached the front door. Another neighbor, Brad Lindsey, grabbed a fire extinguisher and followed me.
From Brad Lindsey, apartment complex resident: It was fully going when we got up there. Just after we got up there, it just vacuumed and shot right across the stairway. Nitz and I went back down the stairs. There was no way either of us could do anything about it.
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