Video of the firefighter trapped on the ladder. pic.twitter.com/6v69Q64L9v
— Brian Rittmeyer (@BCRittmeyer) February 21, 2022
A firefighter got his leg trapped in a ladder battling a fire at a duplex in Tarentum Monday afternoon.
The fire was reported around noon on West 11th Avenue in Tarentum at a duplex. The structure was destroyed by the fire.
One firefighter got his foot or leg trapped in the rungs of a ladder and his fellow firefighters had to extricate him, Trib Live reports.
Update: Firefighter Richard Schuller of the Highland Hose Company was successfully extricated and he gestured with two thumbs up as he came down the ladder and was placed on a stretcher.
House is on West 11th. pic.twitter.com/HnXtUT0dNo
— Brian Rittmeyer (@BCRittmeyer) February 21, 2022
Richard Schuller, the firefighter trapped on an aerial ladder in Tarentum, has been freed. He held two thumbs up as he was taken away on a stretcher.
— Brian Rittmeyer (@BCRittmeyer) February 21, 2022
