LAKE WALES, Fla. - It has been two and a half weeks since an apartment fire in Lake Wales was called a total loss for a single mom and her three kids.

Rana Harb is just thankful that she still has her kids, and she credits her 12-year-old son for saving his two siblings when the fire got out of control.

What they're saying:

"The smoke's getting bad, smoke's going bad. And he said, 'okay, let's go outside,'" Harb said. "So, he gathered both of them and took them out the door with the neighbor."

The boy also tried to fight the fire himself.

"He ran back in with the neighbor," Harb said. "That's when they started using the fire extinguishers and nothing was stopping the flames."

The fire was an accident started by a candle. She was not home, and the kids were with a babysitter. A ne

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