GREENBURGH – An explosion rocked a condominium at historic St. Andrew’s Golf Club on Wednesday, moments after firefighters rescued a seriously injured woman trapped in an elevator.
The apparent gas explosion occurred while Ardsley and Hastings-on-Hudson firefighters battled a blaze that had broken out just after 8:30 a.m. at 25 Turnberry Drive, condominiums that border the St. Andrew’s golf course off Old Jackson Avenue, officials said.
Firefighters freed the woman from the elevator on the second floor and were handing the 72-year-old off to other emergency workers for treatment when the building exploded, police said. Responders were on the scene for hours, bringing the situation under control by early afternoon with no other serious injuries reported, officials said.
The unidentified woman was taken to Westchester Medical Center to be treated for smoke inhalation. She was in guarded condition, officials said.
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.
