Rescues in Charlotte

One person was taken to the hospital with serious injuries and several people had to be rescued after a fire at a high rise in Myers Park.

The fire started just before 7 p.m. at the Kimberlee high rise, a cooperative community with five floors.

The cause of the fire was still under investigation late Sunday. More details about the injured person were not immediately available. The victim was taken to Carolinas Medical Center with what firefighters said were nonlife-threatening injuries.

It took 55 firefighters 46 minutes to get the blaze under control. Firefighters said they had to rescue two people.

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http://www.wcnc.com/news/local/1-injured-during-3-alarm-fire-multiple-families-displaced-231373781.html

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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.

He has annual contracts with numerous departments to provide standardized monthly training for these departments that respond daily together under an automatic aid agreement. Curt teaches nationally to include; FDIC, Firehouse Expo, Firehouse World, Orlando Fire Conference, Atlanta Fire Conference, Bowling Green State University, and owns/operates the annual HROC, COBC, WOTF, CFT ODP on Pensacola Beach. He is a Florida Certified Fire Officer, Instructor, Inspector, Arson, and FLUSAR.

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