Rescue in Illinois

MURPHYSBORO — The Illinois State Fire Marshal’s Office is assisting with the investigation into a Murphysboro house fire.

It happened around 11:30 p.m. Tuesday at a home in the 300 block of Cleveland Street. A neighbor reported a fire at the back of the house.

Murphysboro Fire Chief Steve Swafford says crews were able to knock down the flames and enter the home.

“Upon entry, they found a small child hiding and the mother asleep,” said Swafford in a news release Wednesday.

The mother and child were removed from the home, and no injuries were reported.

Both Carbondale and the Murphysboro Pomona Somerset Fire Departments were called to help fight the fire.

The cause of the fire is undetermined, but fire officials say it may have been caused by heat tape being used to thaw a water line.

The house is considered a total loss.

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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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