Lulu Ragusa (left) escaped a house fire in Seattle on Saturday (Pictures: GoFundMe/KIRO7
A brave 11-year-old girl survived a house fire set by her father as her two siblings and mother died.
Lulu Ragusa managed to jump out the window while their Seattle home was being eaten away by flames on Saturday and ran for help.
Her siblings, 4-month-old Valentina Ragusa and 7-year-old Sebastiano ‘Seby” Ragusa, and her mother Lana Stewart, 40, died, as well as the family dog Rosie.
‘Lulu has always been known as a talkative & loving girl who always put her family first,’ wrote her aunt Adrea Stewart-Sloniker on a GoFundMe page for her.
‘As she got older and became more aware of her situation, she often took on a protective but nurturing role.
‘Therefore I’m not all surprised she jumped out a window with a 16 foot drop to help others survive.
‘She thought she was going back to save her brother & sister after calling for help.’
The GoFundMe had raised more than $50,000 as of Friday evening.
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Lulu Ragusa, 11, managed to jump out the window of her home and escaped a blaze set by her father.