SPRINGFIELD (WGGB) – One person had to be sent to the hospital after fire fighters pulled him from his Springfield home early Saturday.
According to Denis Leger, Aide to the Springfield Fire Commissioner, that fire started in the basement of 125 Yale Street about midnight Saturday.
Several of the home’s occupants were able to escape, but a 62-year-old man had to be rescued from the second floor by fire fighters. He was sent to Baystate Medical Center to be treated for smoke inhalation and was transferred to Boston’s Brigham and Women’s hospital. No word on his current condition.
No other injuries were reported as a result of the fire, but a family dog was killed.
Four people have been displaced by the fire, which is estimated to have caused $75,000 worth of damage. The Red Cross is assisting those residents.
The Arson and Bomb Squad is investigating the exact cause of 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.
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