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NEW ALBANY, Ind. —A woman was rescued Sunday when two New Albany homes that went up in flames in the 1800 block of East Market Street.

The roof collapsed while firefighters battled the blaze.

Battalion Chief Matt Hunter says the woman was rescued from the top floor of one of the homes.

“She was actually on her cellphone telling our dispatch exactly where she was. Smoky conditions, little hard to find her, we did eventually get to her,” said New Albany Battalion Chief Matt Hunter.

The woman was taken to the hospital.

Neighbors told a man on the first floor about the blaze and he was able to get out safely.

On Monday morning, there’s no word on what started the fire.

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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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