Neighbors, Police Help Rescue Three from Nyack, NY, House Fire

    July 28, 2025
    The residents and three Orangetown police officers were transported for treatment.

    A shirtless man sitting on the roof of a burning house kept moving back, away from the encroaching flames.

    I didn't know what he was talking about, then the window blew out, glass shattered kind of sound. The fire started to engulf the roof," Antaeya Foster told abc 7.

    The man eventually held onto the gutter, but let go. He ran back into the house to help the owner, an elderly woman. But his rescue didn't go as planned.

    Orangetown police officers  heard the screams, rushed into the burning home, and got them out.

    However, the rescue was not over as a second man was still inside. Two officers crawled up the stairs and found that man unresponsive on the second floor and also got him out. He and the other residents were transported for treatment.

     The three officers also were transported.

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    Susan Nicol is the news editor for Firehouse.com. She is a life member and active with the Brunswick Volunteer Ambulance & Rescue Company, Oxford Fire Company and Brunswick Vol. Fire Co. Susie has been an EMT in Maryland since 1976. Susie is vice-president of the Frederick County Fire/Rescue Museum. She is on the executive committee of Frederick County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association. She also is part of the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIEMSS) Region II EMS Council. Susie is a board member of the American Trauma Society, Maryland Division. Prior to joining the Firehouse team, she was a staff writer for The Frederick News-Post, covering fire, law enforcement, court and legislative issues. 

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