HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT)- A man was taken to the hospital with serious injuries after being caught inside his burning home late Saturday night.
According to The Huntsville Fire Department, just before midnight on January 17, Huntsville Fire & Rescue responded to the fire in the 10000 block of Nadina Drive.
On arrival, Engine 14 reported heavy fire conditions showing from the rear of the one story house. A bystander advised crews that a person was trapped inside the home.
Firefighters immediately entered the residence with a charged hose line and began to search for the person. Inside the home they encountered heavy smoke and flames. After a brief search firefighters were able to locate the person and carry him outside. It took crews about 20 minutes to contain the fire but it had already spread though most of the home.
The patient was transported to Huntsville Hospital in serious condition.
A bystander and her daughter were driving by and saw the flames. They stopped and helped two other people from the house to safety.
Huntsville Fire & Rescue responded to the scene with four engines and a ladder truck. Firefighters were on the scene for about three hours.
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.
