A Newburg firefighter says he's lucky to be alive after a fire call took a turn for the worse, but the 11-year veteran credits that call for saving his life.
July 26 was the hottest day in more than two years, with a high of 95 and a heat index of 107, but when the tone sounded for a car fire down the road in the Town of Trenton, members of the Newburg Fire Department suited up, including Bob Stanczyk. "Everything, at that point, was still fine," he said. "Had the car about out, trying to get the hood open. I happened to notice on my left shoulder, I started to have a little bit of discomfort on top of my shoulder."
"He had the top of his bunker gear off," said Lt. Tony Scholten.
Firefighter and EMT Lt. Scholten was called up to check him out, hooking him up to an EKG.