Firefighters rescue man from burning home

Metro Atlanta

Firefighters rescue man from burning home

Atlanta firefighters pulled a man from the window of a burning boarding house early Friday just moments before the victim’s room was consumed by flames.

Atlanta Fire rescuers Capt. James Dycus (from left) and firefighters Rusty Glenn and Thomas Young were pretty happy following their rescue Friday. The firefighters pulled a man from the window of a burning boarding house just moments before the victim's room was consumed by flames.

Battalion Chief Todd Edwards works at the command post during the fire. "As our companies arrived, they started getting reports from the residents who had already escaped that we had people still trapped in the residence," Edwards said.

: Ladders were used for the rescue and primary and secondary searches throughout the rooming house. Capt. James Dycus said that as he did an initial walk around the house, he heard cries for help coming from a window.

The rescued man - who was about 240 pounds - is tended to by paramedics and fire personnel before being transported to Grady Memorial Hospital for treatment of smoke inhalation and other minor injuries.

A firefighter returns from his interior search of the house of Jonesboro Road in the Lakewood Heights area of southeast Atlanta after a man was rescued.

Atlanta fire investigator Lt. D.B. Dabney takes pictures of the outside of the house where the rescue took place. Fire officials said the blaze, which was possibly a cooking fire that got out of hand, damaged about 80 percent of the structure.

Resident, Kenya McDow holding her 8-month old son, Jimmy just made it out in time. Firefighters said said six to eight people living in the boarding house were able to make it out safely before fire crews arrived.

Atlanta firefighters were in a joyful mood Friday following their rescue.

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Atlanta Fire rescuers Capt. James Dycus (from left) and firefighters Rusty Glenn and Thomas Young were pretty happy following their rescue Friday. The firefighters pulled a man from the window of a burning boarding house just moments before the victim's room was consumed by flames.