DAYTON — Two firefighters fell two floors fighting a fire in Dayton.
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As reported on News Center 7 at 11, Firefighters were called to the 700 block of North Keowee Street around 6:30 p.m.
Asmar Gayvarova lives next door.
She said as soon as she smelled smoke, she got her family to safety.
“I just got scared. I had a cat in the house. I pulled them out and wake my kids up, and we just left the house,” Gayvarova said.
She said her family ran to their car for shelter from the smoke.
District Fire Chief Tyler McCoy said crews were told there were homeless people inside.
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Firefighters didn’t find anyone, but did find themselves in a very dangerous situation.
“We had the second-floor collapse into the basement and we had firefighters operating on the second floor,” McCoy said.
Two firefighters called a “mayday”, requesting help, they fell two floors and were trapped under debris.
“We were able to successfully, immediately remove those firefighters from inside the structure. we got them out of the cold to medic units and they both are fine,” McCoy said.
McCoy said crews are grateful the two firefighters are safe.
He said he will notify the city about the collapse so if firefighters have to come back they know the structure is unstable.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
We will continue to follow this story.
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