LEXINGTON, Ky. — A man’s rescue from a burning car was delayed because of a city ordered brown-out, which shutdown the closest fire station.
A 53-year-old man was trapped in a burning car, and even though the closest fire station was just a block away, firefighters were still delayed in arriving because that station had been closed due to a brown-out, according to LEX 18.
Police can be heard in the dispatch audio repeatedly telling firefighters to hurry as the blaze was fast-moving and fire extinguishers were becoming less effective.
Good Samaritans and officers at the scene say the man was very lucky the fire occurred near a nursing home that had a large stock of fire extinguishers, otherwise, he would have burned to death before firefighters arrived.
Because of the brown-out it took firefighters seven minutes to arrive at the scene.