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Fireground audio from Columbus, Ohio fire where two firefighters fell through floor. Woman found dead in bedroom.

 

A deaf woman died in a Columbus, Ohio house fire this morning where two firefighters were briefly trapped. The fire on Medina Avenue was reported shortly after 4:00 AM. A second-alarm was sounded on the report of the trapped firefighters. Details below are from WBNS-TV:

Battalion Chief David Whiting said two firefighters were hospitalized after the floor they were standing on collapsed.

Captain Rick Biancone and firefighter Bryan Owens were both quickly pulled to safety by fellow firefighters, Whiting said.

Both men were taken to The Ohio State University Medical Center and later released after being treated for smoke inhalation, cuts and bruises.

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