Firefighters Rescue Victim From Rooftop

Evansville IN

26 October, 2021

3:42 PM

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By John Gibson, WNIN Oct. 26, 2021 A person escaped an Evansville house fire through an upstairs window. Firefighters were dispatched to the 2100 block of E Division St. at about 5:30 yesterday (Sun) morning, where a passerby saw smoke coming from a house. In a release, EFD Division Chief Mike Larson said the first crew to arrive couldn't find the fire. But crews on a second engine spotted smoke coming from a house after Central Dispatch received a report of someone on a roof with a flashlight. Larson said the occupant of the home escaped through an upstairs window onto the roof and firefighters got the person down with a ladder. Larson said the fire was considered extinguished in about 20 minutes and was ruled accidental. No injuries were reported. Evansville firefighters extinguished a blaze at a West Side business. WNIN is the NPR/PBS affiliate in Evansville, Indiana. We serve Southwestern Indiana, Western Kentucky and Southern Illinois from our multimedia facility located on the Ohio River in downtown Evansville. For the past several years, the recognized quality of our local news has placed us among the best small market radio news organizations in the nation.