MARICOPA, Ariz. - A young mother was killed in a house fire as doctors work to save her toddler son.
Family says 19-year-old Angel Coffman was home with her, baby boy, Christopher Diaz, almost 2, when flames broke out.
Angel’s mom says her sister, Thalia, and Thalia’s boyfriend were also home, but they escaped through a window and climbed to the roof. A neighbor, Samson Reneau, saw them on the roof and used his ladder to help them down.
The fire was on the right side of the window so my first reaction was go and get the ladder and jump over the wall and help them down," said Samson. "Uhhh….I prayed before I did that," he added.
Unfortunately, Angel stayed inside. The family says firefighters were able to pull her out, but not soon enough. She was taken to the Arizona Burn Center, where she later died.
“They were working on my daughter… trying to… trying to bring her back, and they couldn’t so she passed away,” said Angel’s father, Brandon Coffman.
Angel’s dad says she was living with them while waiting for her husband, who is in the military.
“They were just getting ready to move to the military base where he’s stationed at to start their own life, and she didn’t get a chance,” said Coffman.
Angel’s mom, Guadalupe Coffman says she thinks Angel could have been looking for her baby boy before trying to escape the fire, which is why they think she didn’t escape when she could have.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation.