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COLLEGE PARK, Md -- Just before 4:30 AM, on Saturday, April 30, 2005, Fire/EMS units from the College Park area were dispatched to a house fire after a passing motorist called 911 on her cell phone.
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Firefighters and paramedics from the nearby College Park Fire/EMS Station 12 were the first to arrive and encountered a 2 1/2-story house with heavy fire consuming the entire front portion of the house. The house is located in the 7500 block of Princeton Avenue, just off of College Avenue and about one block behind the Maryland Book Exchange.
This house is a rental being used by students attending the University of Maryland. A 21-year old male escaped the fire by jumping from an upper floor window sustaining injuries as well as smoke inhalation and burns. He was transported to an area Burn Unit and his condition has improved since being admitted in critical condition this morning.
Firefighters located Michael Anthony Scrocca, unconscious and not breathing, in a second floor rear bedroom. Paramedics transported him to the Prince George