Police officers heroic actions save elderly man, disabled woman from house fire in St. Charles County Kayla Wheeler, Tracy Hinson
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An elderly couple is safe after being rescued from a house fire in St. Charles County Tuesday afternoon.
At around 1:19 p.m., Cottleville Fire Protection District was called to a home on Opal Drive for a report of a fire. When firefighters arrived, they found a large fire in the garage that had spread across the attic.
Fire crews confirmed that everyone was out of the home and quickly got the fire under control, according to a Facebook post from the fire department.
Officers were able to get the couple out of the home safely before firefighters arrived Author: Kayla Wheeler, Tracy Hinson (KSDK) Published: 8:30 AM CDT March 17, 2021 Updated: 4:53 PM CDT March 17, 2021
ST. CHARLES COUNTY, Mo. An elderly couple is safe after being rescued from a house fire in St. Charles County Tuesday afternoon.
At around 1:19 p.m., Cottleville Fire Protection District was called to a home on Opal Drive for a report of a fire. When firefighters arrived, they found a large fire in the garage that had spread across the attic.
Fire crews confirmed that everyone was out of the home and quickly got the fire under control, according to a Facebook post from the fire department.
Updated 2/1/2021 5:17 PM
The St. Charles Fire Department won t take possession of its new $1.3 million truck for another year, but the excitement is already building.
The city council approved the purchase last month. It will become the department s first new 100-foot aerial ladder truck since 2010. And fire officials plan on using it for 25 years.
Most people in our department will probably only work on two of these vehicles in their career, Fire Chief Scott Swanson said. The people who are going to be assigned to this are especially excited because this could be the final vehicle they work on.
St. Charles sends its two 100-foot aerial ladder trucks on about 2,000 calls a year, according to Swanson. Because of the constant usage, the front-line truck is down for repairs about three months a year. Swanson estimates.
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