Bridgeport, Conn. (WTNH) - Two firefighters have died in the line of duty this afternoon, Mayor Bill Finch's spokesperson Elaine Ficarra tells News 8, while battling a house fire on Elmwood Avenue.
A fire broke out at a multi-family house around 4 p.m.
At least two other firefighters were taken to an area hospitial.
News 8 will have more information when it becomes available.
UPDATE: 07-25
BRIDGEPORT -- Lt. Steven Velazquez and Firefighter Michel Baik were on the third-floor of the wood-frame home at 41 Elmwood Ave., checking for hot spots and making sure there were no people in the smoldering blaze. Then trouble hit. The two sent mayday signals back to dispatch.
Within minutes, the fire department's rapid intervention team found the pair on the floor, unconscious, and gave them CPR.
The two men could not be revived.
Hours later, a somber and distraught Mayor Bill Finch at a news conference talked about the two, both family men with young children. Velazquez was Finch's neighbor, and the mayor recalled pinning his badge on him when he was promoted to lieutenant in February. Baik, he said, was a rookie with two years on the job. Rest of article
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