SOUTH BRUNSWICK, New Jersey (WABC) – There were some tense moments when in New Jersey Thursday morning when a firefighter suddenly fell through the floor of burning home.
The first firefighters headed to the basement to knock down the flames, while a second group of three entered the first floor of the home. They got just a few feet in, on their hands and knees, when they were ordered to get out because the conditions were not safe. That’s when 27-year-old Matthew Doktor, a volunteer firefighter from the Monmouth Junction Fire Department, ended up on to a spot that was compromised, causing a partial floor collapse.
“We were actually pushed out of the structure a couple of times because of the high heat and high fire,” he said. “We were backing out and the floor beneath me collapsed. I fell a couple of feet and called a mayday.”
It was those firefighters in the basement who rescued him and pulled him out of the back of the house.
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