Maine police ask for assist figuring out ‘hero’ who rescued individuals from a burning house

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A father and daughter have been trapped on the roof of their house after it caught fireplace. A civilian grabbed a ladder and rescued them.

A Maine police division is trying to find the “hero” who helped an officer rescue a father and daughter from atop a house that caught fireplace Tuesday night.

Simply earlier than 10 p.m., police have been alerted {that a} house at 1 Franklin St. in Hallowell had caught fireplace, native police stated in a Fb publish. Two individuals who lived within the house have been trapped on the roof.

A civilian man noticed the trapped pair and introduced a ladder to the house to assist the individuals off the roof, police stated. With the assistance of a police officer, the civilian acquired the individuals on the roof to security with out damage.

WMTW reported that the 2 individuals rescued have been Peter and Lilli Schumacher, a father and daughter who lived on the house. Schumacher is reportedly a volunteer firefighter and a former metropolis councilor.

The Hallowell Police Division is asking that anybody who is aware of the id of the civilian rescuer message police on Fb.

“Had it not been for police and [the] bystander not placing the ladder up, this might have been quite a bit worse. Very fortunate how every thing turned out,” Hallowell Fireplace Lt. Logan Bennett informed reporters.

The fireplace was so massive that fireplace crews from Augusta, Gardiner, Farmingdale, Manchester, Randolph, and Pittston have been known as in to assist Hallowell firefighters put it out. Information Middle Maine reported that the house was a complete loss.

The Maine Fireplace Marshal’s workplace is investigating the hearth.