(Statesboro Herald) – Statesboro firefighters rescued two victims of an early-morning fire Monday, helping a man hanging out of a two-story window and a woman trapped inside the burning apartment building.
Around 4:09 a.m., the Statesboro Fire Department responded to a call about a structure fire on Georgia Avenue near Chandler Road, said Statesboro fire Public Information Officer Derek Stoddard.
As they were on the way to the scene, firefighters learned that victims were possibly entrapped.
There was at least one confirmed victim entrapment on the second floor, and possibly another, also on the second floor,” he said. “When fire department units arrived on scene, firefighters found a two-story … apartment building with heavy smoke and fire conditions.”
A man was found “hanging out of his second-story window,” and a ladder was immediately positioned to rescue him.
Other firefighters entered the building, “knocking down the fire as they performed a search for any (other) persons still inside,” he said.
The second victim, a woman, was heard “calling for help in the zero-visibility smoke conditions. (Firefighters) were able to locate and remove her from the building and began rendering aid before returning to finish attacking the fire,” Stoddard said.
