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 did 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.
The King County Medical Examiner has ruled three deaths in a fire in the Wallingford neighborhood of Seattle on Saturday as homicides (Picture: KIRO7)
‘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.’
Lulu’s siblings died of smoke inhalation and her mother died of ‘multiple sharp force injuries’ according to the King County Medical Examiner’s Office. All three deaths were ruled homicides, according to Fox News Digital.
The father’s death was ruled a suicide (Picture: KIRO7)
The father of the children, Salvatore Ragusa, died of smoke inhalation. However, his death was ruled a suicide.
He was a loving father but struggled with mental issues and suffered from schizophrenia.
‘What began as a slow mental spiral, suddenly went out of control before Sal would consent to receiving professional help again,’ wrote Stewart-Sloniker on Facebook.
Lulu’s aunt said that she will need private schooling to catch up to others in her grade level.
Lulu Ragusa’s aunt aims to raise $200,000 from a GoFundMe page for her to have the ‘best life possible’ (Picture: KIRO7)
In an update on Thursday, Stewart-Sloniker wrote that the family planning to adopt Lulu ‘didn’t financially plan to have another child and estimated that they needed $200,000 to properly care for her.
‘Overall, we just want to be able to offer her the best life possible and set her up for success in the future,’ Lulu’s aunt wrote.
The GoFundMe for Lulu had raised more than $50,000 as of Friday evening.
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