Heroic Rescues and Firefighter Tragedy in Rockland County and Connecticut

Rockland County House Fire Rescue

• 🚨 Police officers were the first on the scene of a house fire on Summit Street in Nyack.
• 🗣️ Hearing voices calling for help, officers entered the burning home and rescued a man and an elderly woman from the first floor.
• 🚒 They then crawled to the second floor, engulfed in flames, to rescue a third person trapped inside.
• 🔥 Firefighters arrived and successfully extinguished the blaze.
• 🏥 Residents and three police officers were transported to nearby hospitals for treatment.
• ❓ The cause of the fire remains unknown.

Firefighter Fatality in Connecticut

• 😔 In Plainville, Connecticut, a veteran firefighter, Raymond Maro, died in the line of duty.
• 💔 Maro was responding to a house fire when a piece of equipment detached from a fire truck, striking him.
• 🩺 He tragically died during surgery for a leg injury.
• 🎖️ The 60-year-old was a dedicated volunteer firefighter for decades and a veteran of the US Marine Corps.
• 🇺🇸 Governor Lamont directed all flags in Connecticut to be lowered to half-staff in his honor.