Overview

• Police and firefighters were dispatched around 8:48 a.m. to a home on East 5th Street that was heavily filled with smoke, creating low visibility and hazardous conditions.
• Responders located the resident in a bedroom already consumed by fire, lifted him from the flames, and carried him outside to waiting EMS.
• The man suffered burns and smoke inhalation, received treatment at the scene, and was transported to St. Joseph Hospital in London.
• Authorities have withheld the resident’s name, and officials have not reported a cause of the fire.
• A police release credited specific personnel, including Battalion Chief Brandon Wagers, Chief Bobby Day, Officer Hobie Daugherty, and others, as Mayor Randall Weddle publicly praised their actions and thanked Ambulance Inc. crews.