2 Rescued from House Fire

MUSKEGON, Mich. (WOOD) – Firefighters rescued two unconscious men from a burning house in Muskegon Monday morning. Another man jumped out an upstairs window to escape.

The fire started around 6 a.m. in the basement of Charles Davis’ house at 330 Washington Ave.

Davis said he awoke when he heard someone calling his name.

“When I woke, it’s just smoke everywhere,” Davis said. “So I jumped out the window. And then when I jumped out the window, I came downstairs and tried to get my other brothers, but the smoke was so big and strong that I just couldn’t do it.”

There wasn’t much fire damage to the house, but the smoke could have killed Davis and his brothers.

“I went back and forth from here to there trying to get them out,” Davis Said. “When I hit that door, the smoke caught my throat and everything. But I went back and forth trying. It’s a blessing like I said, the fireman were right on time. ‘Cause I was going in there one way or the other.”

His brothers, Monroe and Ham, had lost consciousness due to the smoke when firefighters carried them out.

They were taken to a hospital and are expected to be OK.

http://www.woodtv.com/news/local/muskegon-county/muskegon-firefighters-rescue-2-from-washington-avenue-house-fire

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Curt Isakson is a 35 year veteran of the fire service. Curt is currently a Battalion Chief for Escambia County Fire Rescue. Previously worked 9 years with the Pensacola Fire Department where he was assigned as the Company Officer on Rescue 31. Curt’s fire service experiences started at a young age as a Junior firefighter with the Midway Fire Protection District and rose through the ranks to Captain. He has worked in volunteer, career, and combination departments.

Curt has held all ranks up to Battalion Chief and been assigned to operations, training, inspections, and was Chief of Special Operations for 7 years. Curt owns and operates County Fire Tactics that covers a very diverse range of fire service topics, as well as Firefighter Rescues, a site that documents rescues made by firefighters around the country.

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