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WEBVTT TALKED WITH THEBABYSITTER FOR THE FIRST TIME,TAMMY?TAMMY: SHEREE, THE CARCOMPLETELY CHARRED.HEATHER HALL WAS SITTING RIGHTHERE WHEN THE CAR WENT UP INFLAMES.THE TWO LITTLE GIRLS SHEBABYSITS WERE IN THE BACK SEAT.TONIGHT YOU CAN SEE WHY THEY AREALL THANKFUL TO BE ALIVE.WHEN HEATHER HALL RE-LIVES HERCAR ENGULFED IN FLAMES, SHEKNOWS SHE'S LUCKY TO BE ALIVE.SHE HAS THE BURNS AND SCARS TOREMIND HER>> IT'S THE SCARIEST THING I'VEEVER BEEN IN MY LIFE.TAMMY: IN THE EARLY MORNING OFJANUARY 19, HEATHER WAS DRIVINGHOME WITH THE FOUR-YEAR-OLD ANDSIX YOU ARE OLD GIRLS SHEBABYSITS.HER CAR STARTED SPARKING ANDSMOKING ON ALBERTA STREET.>> I KNEW I ONLY HAD ONCE CHANCEAND ONE OPPORTUNITY TO DOEXACTLY WHAT I NEEDED TO DO.TAMMY: SOON THE FLAMES IN THEFRONT OF THE CAR MOVED TO THEBACK WHERE THE LITTLE GIRLS SAT.>> IT STARTED GETTING REALLYSMOKY AND I COULDN'T REALLY SEENOTHING AND I WAS TRYING TO GETOUT AND GET THEM OUT, THE FLAMESWERE GOING UP MORE, I WASSCREAMING FOR HELP.TAMMY: A GOOD SAMARITAN NAMEDWAYNE KEATON HEARD THOSE CRIESFOR HELP.HEATHER GRABBED ONE LITTLE GIRL KEATON RAN AND GRABBED THE OTHERCHILD.FIRE FIGHTERS HADN'T ARRIVEDYET.>> THE MAIN THING I WAS WORRIEDABOUT WAS THEM GIRLS THOUGH, IFI WOULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN THEM OUT,I WOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TOLIVE WITH MYSELF.NEVER.TAMMY: THEY GOT TO SAFETY BUTHEATHER SUFFERED THIRD DEGREEBURNS ON HER LEGS AND ARM.THE LITTLE GIRLS WALKED AWAYWITHOUT A SCRATCH.>> THAT'S WHY I THANK GOD FORWAYNE, BECAUSE YOU KNOW IT DIDTAKE A WHILE AND WE WERESTRUGGLING FOR SO LONG AND ITWAS ONLY ME AND WAYNE.NONE OF US WOULD HAVE PROBABLYMADE IT OUT.TAMMY: ALL THAT'S LEFT OF HERTOYOTA IS A CHARRED METAL SHELL.SHE'S BEEN IN PAIN IN THEHOSPITAL FOR THREE WEEKS, BUTWHEN SHE CONSIDERS THEALTERNATIVE, SHE'S THANKFUL.>> IT WAS NOTHING BUT THE GOODLORD ABOVE, YEAH HE WAS LOOKINGOUT FOR ME, HE DID EVERYTHING INHIS POWER.TAMMY: YOU CAN SEE JUST HOW BADTHE DAMAGE IS.HEATHER LOST HER CLOTHES, HERWALLET AND PURSE WHICH WEREINSIDE THIS CAR.THE COMMUNITY HAS STARTED A

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A car went up in flames last month with a babysitter and two little girls inside in Ludlow.The babysitter has been in the hospital with third-degree burns for the last three weeks.Heather Hall, 31, spoke with WLWT for the first time, since a good Samaritan ran to help them.When Hall re-lives the moment her car was engulfed in flames, she knows she's lucky to be alive.Hall has the burns and scars to remind her.“I don't even know how we got out of it,” Hall said. “It's the scariest thing I've ever been in, in my life.”In the early morning of Jan. 19, Hall dropped off her fiancé and was driving home with the 4- and 6-year-old girls she babysits when her car started smoking on Alberta Street.Moments later, the flames in the front of the car moved to the back where the little girls sat.“I knew I only had once chance and one opportunity to do exactly what I needed to do,” Hall said. “I was trying to get out and get them out. The flames were going up more. I was screaming for help." A good Samaritan named Wayne Keaton heard those cries for help.While Hall grabbed one little girl, Keaton ran and grabbed the other child before firefighters arrived.“The main thing I was worried about was the girls,” Hall said. “If I wouldn't have gotten them out, I would have never been able to live with myself. Never."Hall, Keaton and the girls got to safety, but Hall suffered third degree burns on her legs and arm.The little girls walked away without a scratch.All that's left of Hall’s Toyota is a charred metal shell.Hall has been in pain in the hospital for three weeks, but when she considers the alternative, she's thankful.“That's why I thank God for Wayne because, you know, it did take a while, and we were struggling for so long. It was only me and Wayne,” Hall said. “None of us would have made it out.”Hall lost her clothes and wallet, which were in the car. The community has started a GoFundMe page to help her get back on her feet.