Helmet-cam video: Rescue & fire attack at two-alarm St. Charles, Missouri apartment fire.
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At 840 Spring Avenue in St. Charles, Missouri last Saturday evening, firefighters found fire through the roof of a 20-unit apartment building and a number of victims. According to news reports, one critically burned man from the apartment where the fire started jumped or fell from the second floor, two others needed help down ladders and 70-year-old Jackie Hamilton was trapped in her second floor apartment.
Above is the raw video from the helmet-cam worn by the officer of the crew that rescued Hamilton and then went back in to assist in putting out the fire.
In the video below firefighters Aaron Burlingame and Jeff Twyman are reunited with Hamilton by KTVI-TV.
Jackie Hamilton was stuck on the second floor.
“I could not see and was coughing and could not find the way out,” she said.
Two firefighters located Hamilton.
“They got there just in time,” she said. “They saved my life.”
Russell Korando, STLToday.com:
Phillip Wilson, 53, suffered second- and third-degree burns on 75 percent of his body in addition to several fractures. He was in critical condition Friday at Mercy hospital in Creve Coeur, said Capt. Dan Casey of the St. Charles Fire Department.
The fire started in the living room of Wilson’s apartment, one of 16 units occupied at the time, and spread quickly, Casey said. Firefighters extinguished the fire in 30 minutes, he said.
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