Update, 5:45 p.m.: Two deputies with the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office have been hospitalized after rescuing two children from the house fire, according to a news release from MCSO spokesperson Lt. Mark Wojnarek.
After arriving at the scene Monday afternoon, deputies Zach Fortner and Cody Evans quickly discovered two children trapped inside the burning house, the news release said.
Using a nearby ladder, both deputies entered a bedroom window, located the children and were able to get out of the house with them.
Montgomery County Emergency Medical Services provided care and transported the deputies to Tennova ER – Sango. Both deputies are being treated for smoke inhalation but are listed in stable condition and will continue to be observed overnight, Wojnarek said.
The children are currently under the care of their mother, he continued.
“I am proud of Zach and Cody for their selfless and heroic actions this afternoon,” Sheriff John Fuson said in the news release.
“If not for these two deputies being on the scene as fast as they were, we would be reporting a very different and tragic story this evening. Because of their actions, these two children were saved and a mother is rejoicing instead of grieving. God is Good!”
Previously:
CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – A house fire broke out on Briarwood Drive in Montgomery County Monday afternoon, and two children were rescued from the home by emergency responders.
Emergency crews responded to the scene 646 Briarwood Road, at about 1:30 p.m., according to a Facebook post from the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office.
Ed Baggett, director of the Montgomery County Emergency Management Agency, told Clarksville Now that while the residence was not totaled, there’s significant damage to about 50% of the home.
“The mother got out, and county officers pulled the two kids out, so everybody’s fine” Baggett said, adding that all three were taken to the hospital to get checked out.
Baggett said that investigators were on scene working to determine the fire’s origin.
The Sheriff’s Office has asked that drivers avoid the area as emergency crews work to make the residence safe, and deputies are providing traffic control.