ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV.com) — A house fire in Jefferson County early Monday morning injured two people.
That fire broke out inside a home in the 100 block of Sunnybrook Drive, near Festus, around 4:30 a.m. Heavy flames were seen coming from the home.
When firefighters arrived, a 62-year-old women alerted the crews that two people were inside. Firefighters were able to enter the home and bring the two victims to safety.
Medical helicopters flew both victims to a St. Louis hospital, where they are listed as stable, Chief Gary McClain of the Dunklin Fire and Rescue told News 4.
The chief believes the cause of the fire was the home’s furnace. The chief noted that due to the cold temperatures, fighting this fire has become a challenge. Water has been brought to the scene by tanker trucks due to not having fire hydrants in the area.
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.
