An 8-year-old Tulsa girl named Myra has died after a house fire in northwest Tulsa, a family member confirmed to KTUL.
Myra was critically injured in the Oct. 7 fire near West Edison Street and North Union Avenue. She had been airlifted to a burn hospital in Galveston, Texas, where KRMG reported the girl's aunt said she died Monday.
Firefighters were called to the home just before 9 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 7. Myra was inside the home with her grandmother when it started, according to KTUL. Firefighters arriving at the scene found heavy smoke and flames.
The grandmother suffered burns after trying multiple times to re-enter the house to reach Myra, according to the Tulsa Fire Department. Firefighters found the girl inside and pulled her out.
Myra had no pulse. She was not breathing when firefighters reached her, Fox 23 reported. Crews performed advanced life support and restored her pulse. She was taken to Hillcrest Medical Center before being flown to Galveston.
The Akdar Shrine helped coordinate the air ambulance transfer after doctors at Hillcrest and the Galveston burn hospital agreed Myra needed specialized pediatric burn care, KTUL reported.
Myra's mother, Alexis Tyler, told KTUL on Oct. 8 that she was not home when the fire started and learned about it through a text message and phone call. "The first thing I got was a phone call," Tyler said. "A text message saying that the house caught on fire, and then the first phone call I got told me that my daughter was in the hospital with no pulse."
In the Oct. 8 interview, Tyler said Myra was autistic and wanted people to see more than her daughter’s injuries.
The Tulsa Fire Department had not publicly announced the cause of the fire as of Thursday, Oct. 15.
