A Fall River mother is crediting her 4-year-old son with saving their lives after their home caught fire Monday afternoon.

 

Melissa Langella told 12 News she was in the kitchen with her son Maverick when he expressed concern over smelling “something funny.”

 

Langella initially thought it was the toaster oven, so she unplugged it.

 

But Maverick wouldn’t let it go — and the smell got worse.

 

“He was persistent,” Langella recalled. “He was like ‘Mommy, it smells really bad.'”

 

“I started to see a haze in the kitchen and smoke coming up the walls — thick, black smoke,” she continued.

 

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