Emergency responders successfully removed a man from a house in Plymouth after it caught fire overnight.
The Plymouth Fire Department was called by the homeowner on the 100 block of Trenton Lane at 11:25 p.m. Thursday night, according to authorities.
The man was still inside the home when emergency responders arrived, authorities said. Police officers were able to remove the person from the house.
Both homeowners were transported to HCMC for evaluation.
Plymouth Deputy Fire Chief Kip Springer said the fire spread from the rear of the home to the roof, which caused a partial collapse of the roof trusses.
The Hennepin County Fire Investigation Unit is investigating 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.
