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A 70-year-old Akron woman is counting her blessings this holiday season after she was saved from her burning home by firefighters. Rinaa Caplinger suffered second-degree burns on her left arm, shoulder and back and spent two days in the burn unit at Akron Children's Hospital, but the grandmother has persevered through the pain.'It was a lot of pain at first and then they gave me medication and stuff to help that out,' Caplinger said.
Other relatives who live on nearby Wingate Avenue were alerted to the fire. The boyfriend of Caplinger's granddaughter rushed over and was able to reach inside and hang onto Caplinger.A short time later, firefighters arrived in the nick of time, went inside, and rescued the woman who had lived in the home for most of her life.'Another guy came in and they broke the windows out, and he crawled in and pushed me out,' Caplinger said.
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