BUTLER, Pa. — A teenage girl was flown to West Penn Hospital in Pittsburgh after a fire trapped her in a second-story bedroom at her home in Butler early Wednesday morning.
Firefighters told Channel 11’s Andrew Havranek the girl was one of the first to call 911 after the fire started.
Channel 11 obtained the emergency dispatch conversations from Broadcastify.
“Resident will be in the upstairs bedroom with the door shut,” a dispatcher said to firefighters who were enroute.
Dispatchers stayed on the phone with the girl as firefighters worked to get to the scene. They got to the home on the corner of Center and Glenn Avenues just four minutes after the call was made.
“They were able to give us directions to exactly where she was located in the house,” said Butler City Fire Department Captain Tim Iman. “We had heavy fire coming out of the back of the house. She had just called 911 and reported her house was on fire, and then she was stuck in the upstairs bedroom.”
Dispatchers continued to talk with the girl as firefighters were on the way, but things took a turn.
“Caller is upstairs inside of the residence with difficulty breathing now,” a dispatcher said.
Firefighters then made their way into the home.
“Someone’s screaming to grab a ladder and put it up top to the window,” a dispatcher said.
“Hey guys, we are in the process of extrication now,” a firefighter responded.
“Give me LifeFlight 4 in the air to the hospital,” another firefighter said. “Bry’s safe. We’re in the room.”
Firefighters found the teen unresponsive.
“We transferred her to EMS, they took her up to Butler [Memorial] Hospital, and they flew her to Pittsburgh from there,” Iman said. “She was alive when they flew her from Butler Hospital to Pittsburgh.”
The State Police Fire Marshal is investigating.
The Butler City Fire Chief told Channel 11’s Andrew Havranek late Wednesday afternoon that they know the fire started on the first floor, but they are not sure how it started.
He said the teen had severe smoke inhalation and was stable.
“Crews worked very quickly and efficiently, and we had the best possible outcome that we could have had out of it,” Iman said.
The fire department said the damage inside the home is severe. The teen was the only person inside the home when the fire started. There was also a dog inside the home. He was rescued and is doing okay.
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