A woman is in critical condition after being rescued from her burning home in Lexington Friday afternoon.
Firefighters tell LEX 18 that they were lucky to find the woman alive in her home.
Lexington Firefighters say they were called to the home on Savoy Road around 2:45 p.m. to find smoke and fire billowing from the home.
A neighbor tells LEX 18’s Hanna Mordoh that they saw a fire coming from the home and called 911, afraid that the woman was stuck inside.
After arriving on scene, Firefighters say that they were able to reach the woman within a minute of showing but, but say that she was unable to move herself, so the rescue was difficult.
Once the woman was safe, the crew began on the fire, but at that point the flames had consumed most of the home.
Firefighters say the home is not destroyed, but does have significant damage.
Investigators are now trying to figure out the cause of the fire.
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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