Man rescued from house fire in Lacey dies
Jun 5, 2012, 5:18 AM | Updated: 8:22 am
A man who had been trapped in a burning home in Lacey has died.
“We’ve just received word that the victim who was rescued from the fire, a male in his late 50s, has passed away from his injuries,” Fire Chief Steve Brooks tells KING 5.
Firefighters rescued the man early Tuesday.
“Our main priority was to obviously get the trapped subject out of the building. They actually cut through one of the windows on the south side of the house and shortly after they located him and brought him outside,” said Battalion Chief Steve Crimmins.
The man was taken to St. Peter Hospital in Olympia where he later died.
A younger man who was in the house when the fire broke out about 2 a.m. escaped. He was taken to the Olympia hospital as a precaution.
Brooks tells KIRO TV the single family home was in flames when firefighters arrived. They found the victim in about five minutes in a room.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
