OVIEDO, Fla. — The Oviedo Fire Department will present a local teacher, Suzanne Matos, with a life-saving award on Friday.
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According to officials, on May 26, 2023, Matos was parking her car at the Oviedo Mall when she noticed smoke coming from another vehicle nearby.
She also noticed that two children were trying to escape the burning vehicle and Matos was able to help the children out of the car and to safety.
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The children were taken to Arnold Palmer Children`s Hospital and suffered several first-degree burns on their faces and ears.
Eventually, Oviedo Police arrested the children’s mother, Alicia Moore, 24.
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According to police, Moore was inside the mall at the time of the fire, shoplifting from stores. She also faces additional charges of neglect of a child with great bodily harm and first-degree arson.
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