Fire and Police personnel rescued 3-year-old MJ Sancinati-Struck Sunday after he was trapped in his engulfed home

Fire and Police personnel rescued 3-year-old MJ Sancinati-Struck Sunday after he was trapped in his engulfed home

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Fire and Police personnel rescued 3-year-old MJ Sancinati-Struck Sunday after he was trapped in his engulfed home

A home in West Allis went up in flames Sunday.

The fire burned a woman, Noelle Guy, and her mother. Guy's child, 3-year-old MJ Sancinati-Struck was trapped in a back room.

The relentless rescue was caught on West Allis Police body camera.

Officers located the boy through a smoky window, but could not get to him.

A West Allis firefighter was able to break the window frame, climb into the burning home and grab the toddler. He handed him to an officer who ran him back to an ambulance.

Three days later on Wednesday the boy's mother told 12 News he woke up for the first time since the fire.

"He's doing alright. The breathing tube is out," Guy said. "I lit up, he's my pride and joy. When I saw him try to say 'mama' it broke me because I can't be there."

Guy is recovering from severe burns.

12 News spoke to West Allis Fire Battalion Chief Michael Wright on Wednesday.

“We got there just in time in order to get that kid out of there and bring him to safety," he said. "The fire, the smoke, everything else is to us is secondary. We’re still watching the scene; however, our priority is getting that child and we will stop at nothing less in doing that.”

Wright said if they waited any longer the ending would have turned tragic.

"Absolutely there’s no doubt about it," he said. “If you look at that video you can see some of the black smoke at the top. At that point in time it could potentially start to flash over, which means that whole room would be engulfed in fire."

Wright said he's happy to hear MJ woke up Wednesday. He hopes to have him and his family come in to meet the firefighters.

Guy hopes for the same.

"I just want to thank them and hug them for saving my kid," she said, holding back tears.

The family has a GoFundMe account set up to help with medical costs and the damage from the fire. Everything inside, and the structure are a total loss.

If anyone would like to donate click here.

Guy said she works at Blain's Farm and Fleet and needs to be standing for most of her job. She's still recovering from severe burns to her legs. Her mother is unfortunately still in a coma on a ventilator in the hospital.

Fire officials are not certain how the fire started at this time.

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