Heavy drinking caused a young mother to compromise her child’s safety.

Kallien Mia Heathman, a 26-year-old mother from Glendale, Arizona, became so intoxicated that she passed out inside her home, forgetting that her two-year-old daughter was still strapped into a car seat nearby.

Meanwhile, a pizza left inside the microwave burned, filling the entire house with thick smoke. The toddler inhaled the smoke and was barely conscious by the time she was rescued. 

Around 11:00 p.m., officers responded after Heathman’s seven-year-old child, also inside the home at the time, called their father, who shares custody of the children, to report the emergency. The father immediately called 911, alerting officers that Heathman was unconscious on the floor and a young child was trapped inside a smoke-filled home near 67th Avenue and Cholla Street.

Officers rushed to the scene, went inside, and pulled the child to safety.

The seven-year-old, who made the critical call for help, was also present during the incident but was not injured.

Officers found Heathman passed out on the floor near a couch. Police bodycam footage shows officers entering the smoke-filled house and introducing themselves. Heathman mumbled something under her breath but didn’t respond coherently. 

As police tried to carry her out, she suddenly woke up and refused to cooperate, forcing officers to drag her outside to safety. Both Heathman and her toddler were taken to the hospital for further evaluation.

Officers discovered empty liquor bottles and alcohol containers throughout the home. Blood tests revealed Heathman had a blood-alcohol concentration of 0.379, which is nearly five times the legal driving limit in Arizona.

Police concluded she was far too intoxicated to safely care for either of her children. They also confirmed the heavy smoke had come from the burned pizza in the microwave.

Following the incident, Maricopa County court records show Heathman was arrested and charged with one count of child abuse. Heathman declined to speak with investigators, according to court documents cited by local media.

During her initial court appearance, a Maricopa County judge ordered Heathman to have no contact or cohabitate with any of the alleged victims while the case proceeds.

“You’re not to reside at the same location as any alleged victim, and if you do, you’re allowed one civil standby. That means you can contact police or the sheriff’s department—tell them you have a civil standby. They’ll let you gather your belongings, and you must leave,” the judge said during the August 2 hearing.

According to jail records, Heathman remains held at the Maricopa County Jail on a $10,000 cash-only bond. A preliminary hearing has been scheduled for later this month.

After the bodycam footage was published, online reactions were sharply divided. While some criticized the mother for endangering her children, others felt it was unfair to judge before hearing her side of the story.

“So why can’t we strap the mom in a car seat and leave her? Why we paying taxes for her to be in an adult daycare,” one viewer on Instagram wrote. “Wondering how they knew drunk. Medications do this too and kids would only know to compare it to drunk. Regardless so happy police got them babies,” added another. 

A separate commentator on Facebook pointed said, “The 2 year old was strapped in a car seat in the house. The child was literally trapped and unable to save itself.”

“I’m adopting my niece and my granddaughter over the mom not being responsible. We need people to take care of their kids because of situations like this,” commented a fourth user.

Disclaimer: The Inquisitr could not independently confirm the facts of this incident and is reporting based on the information available within the public record.