TOOELE — Tooele firefighters rescued a man who was trapped in his second-story bedroom while his house was on fire Monday afternoon and transferred him to the University of Utah Burn Center.
The Tooele City Fire Department received a call about a possible house fire Monday afternoon, according to Chief Chris Shubert. When firefighters arrived at the home located at 314 E. 670 North in Tooele, they saw smoke. As crew members were getting ready to go inside the house, a woman arrived at the scene and said her husband was stuck in a bedroom on the second story of their home, Shubert said.