Firefighters Rescue Person from OR House Fire

Sept. 11, 2016
Firefighters from Clackamas Heavy Rescue 5 and Truck 2 located the victim in the burning Milwaukie home.

Clackamas firefighters rescued a person from an early morning house fire in Milwaukie.

Firefighters were called to the house with a report of a person trapped on Hemlock Street at 5:29 a.m.

Crews found flames engulfing three sides of the 1,200-square-foot home when they arrived.

Firefighters from Heavy Rescue 5 and Truck 2 went into rescue mode and entered the building to search for possible victims as Engine 1 attacked the fire, according to a release from the Clackamas Fire District.

They found the person in a back bedroom immediately and removed them to Clackamas Fire Medic 3 for transport to Kaiser Sunnyside hospital.

The person is listed in critical condition and two others from residents were also transported.

The fire was placed under control at 5:40 a.m. 

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