At one point, a Hammond firefighter fell through the floor and had to be rescued by his colleagues.
His injuries are not life-threatening.
"He's in stable condition. He's got some second-degree burns, and was transferred to Loyola hospital's burn unit just as a precaution," Misiak said. The son of the woman who died identified her as Jaqueline Mcentire. She was nearly 80 years old, Chris Tuttle said.He spent most of his childhood in the home that burned."I'm at a loss. I don't know what to do; my mom was my confidant, my everything, you know," Tuttle said.A neighbor's doorbell camera showed a police officer getting to the scene just moments before fire trucks arrived.
"Police department showed up a couple seconds before. The cop made it to the front door and was met with heavy flames and smoke, so he couldn't get inside, same with our crew when they got here," Misiak said."And then I heard another one, and then I heard a big boom, and I was like, 'something ain't right,' so I come and look out my front door, and there was smoke and fire everywhere," Turner said.
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