Clackamas County firefighters performed a dramatic rescue Wednesday morning of a resident trapped in a Happy Valley home fire.
Firefighters responding Wednesday at 3:46 a.m. to reports of a fire in the 9000 block of Top O 'Scott Steet were met by two people who had escaped the home but reported that a third was trapped on the second floor, according to a news release from Clackamas Fire District No. 1.
The front door was engulfed in flames, so firefighters entered through a patio door and located the stairs leading to the upstairs bedrooms. Two firefighters went up the stairs while another two were forced to retreat from the flames. With the upstairs carpet melting under their boots, the two firefighters upstairs searched the bedrooms, located the trapped occupant in one of them, and shut the bedroom door behind them.