Texas Parents Burned Badly Trying To Save Kid From House Fire

Two Texas parents suffered burns on about 40 percent of their bodies trying to save one of their kids from a mobile home fire, a fire official told Patch.

Their home in Manchaca, about 30 minutes south of Austin, burned Monday morning, according to Gary Langshaw, an assistant chief with the Buda Fire Department, which responded to the call.

The family left the home, but the parents went back inside to rescue one of their three children, whom they believed to still be inside, Langshaw told Patch.

They did not realize that the child was already out of the home.

The parents suffered burns on about 40 percent of their bodies and were taken via helicopter to a San Antonio hospital, Langshaw said.

The home was completely destroyed, Langshaw said. The cause of the fire was under investigation.