Four people, described by fire officials as squatters, were taken to the hospital after a fire broke out in a long-vacant house on Sacramento’s Stockton Boulevard shortly after noon today.
Assistant Chief Scott Williams of the Sacramento Fire Department said the house in the 4500 block of Stockton Boulevard has not been officially occupied for more than a year but is frequented by squatters. He said firefighters have responded to numerous calls at the address over the years.
Today, firefighters arrived to find the first floor of the two-story house burning and fire spreading to the upper story. Two people were able to get out of the house before fire crews arrived, and firefighters extricated two others. All four were transported to an area hospital suffering from burns and smoke inhalation. Williams said he did not know the extent of the injuries, but one individual was transported receiving CPR.
The cause of the fire is under investigation. Williams said the house had neither gas nor electrical power.
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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