Rescues in Pittsburgh

PITTSBURGH —

Emergency crews rushed to the scene of a two-alarm fire Friday morning in Uptown.

Investigators said the flames were first reported just before 8 a.m. on the third floor of an apartment building on Fifth Avenue.

Residents who live on the first floor of the building told Channel 11 News they didn’t know what was happening as neighbors frantically ran down the stairs and out of the building.

One resident had to be pulled from a window because his apartment door was blocked by fire crews rushing into the building.

“I definitely didn’t know what was going on. There was less smoke, but the fumes were really burning my eyes. It was hard to breath, so I covered my mouth,” the resident said.

Firefighters said the flames started in the kitchen of one of the apartments, but the exact cause is unknown.

A section of Fifth Avenue was closed for several hours while crews worked to extinguish the blaze. The road has since reopened.

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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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