VIDEO: The St. Cloud Fire Chief is recognizing his department for life-saving measures they took last weekend while in challenging conditions.
Early in the morning on February 8, St. Cloud firefighters were called to a special needs group home that was up in flames. There were reports of immobile people with special needs trapped inside the home at 900 Alabama Ave.
"The stuff that they were faced with that night, it’s truly a miracle that there were no fatalities," said Chief Joe Silvestris.
While crews were working to put out the flames at the group home, they needed to respond to another fire just blocks away. The St. Cloud fire chief said this was a challenge for the department with a young workforce.