A two-storey century home on Fourth Line south of West Lower Base Line in the rural Omagh area of Milton, was engulfed by fire early this morning. The first fire crew on scene rescued two people from a second-storey balcony, Halton EMS transported them to Milton District Hospital for observation.
The fire which erupted shortly before 4am, caused significant damage to the home, gutting sections of it and spreading up through the roof.
Eight trucks and more than 30 firefighters battled the stubborn blaze, that took more than a hour to bring under control.
Fire Chief Brian Ellsworth said it was to early to estimate a damage dollar figure or the cause of the fire, but that the home sustained significant damage.
There were no reports of injuries to firefighters battling the blaze and Fourth Line was closed in the area of the fire as water tankers shuttled water to the scene.
Firefighters are expected to remain on the scene for several more hours extinguishing flare-ups and investigating the cause.
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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