A woman was airlifted to the hospital after firefighters rescued her from "extreme fire conditions" at a home in Lowell, Massachusetts, on Friday.
Lowell Fire Deputy Chief Bob Destrempe said crews were called to the home on Temple Street just after noon and saw flames blowing out of the windows on the front porch as they arrived.
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“We started to knock down some of that fire and out of nowhere we had a person, one of the occupants, said their mother I think was still in the building,” he said.
A team of firefighters went in with a hose and a thermal imaging camera.
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“They found her in a back kitchen area,” said Destrempe. “They were able to get in there under extreme fire conditions. They found her on the floor, carried her out and she was conscious when I saw her on the street here.”
The woman was then airlifted to a Boston hospital for treatment. Her condition was not immediately clear.
One firefighter was also taken to the local hospital for treatment of minor injuries.
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Destrempe said the rest of the occupants were able to get out of the home, and firefighters also rescued a cat from the blaze.
There is significant damage to the building, but the fire did not spread to neighboring structures.
"I heard someone screaming outside my home, thought it was fighting, my mom called, the house next door was on fire," neighbor Carlos Calle told NBC10 Boston.
One family lives in the home, on the second floor, and is now displaced.
The cause is under investigation.
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