PITTSBURGH —Firefighters rescued a critically injured woman from a house fire that is now under investigation.
Flames broke out on the 8300 block of Rolfe Street in Pittsburgh’s East Hills neighborhood around 2:30 a.m. Wednesday.
Carla Bey was home alone at the time and had to be rescued by firefighters. She was in critical condition on a ventilator at West Penn Hospital, according to her husband, Gregory Wofford. A firefighter who experienced chest pains was also taken to a hospital.
Wofford said he was working at the time of the fire, but believes it may have started in a bedroom.
Firefighters said they found Bey on the floor in the kitchen and had to pull her from the burning home.
Wofford said although his wife is struggling in the hospital, she is expected to recover and he’s thankful for that. He said he hopes the American Red Cross can help them because he doesn’t think they can return to the house, due to the extent of the damage.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
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.
