PHOENIX (KSAZ) – Firefighters rescued three children from a home near 63rd Avenue and Campbell after it caught fire early Monday morning. Four more family members were transported to a hospital for injuries.
When firefighters arrived, four family members were outside of the home. They informed crews there were three more people inside and firefighters immediately ran in to look for them.
We’re told a 10-year-old girl was found inside; she was not breathing and didn’t have a pulse. She was taken to a hospital.
Officials say two adults, an 11-year-old boy and a 9-year-old boy, a 17-year-old girl and a 15-year-old girl were all taken to a hospital with critical injuries because of the amount of heat and smoke they encountered.
About 70 firefighters reportedly worked on the home.
The fire also spread to a house next door, displacing a family of five. They’re being helped by the American Red Cross.
Firefighters are investigating what caused 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.
