Florida Police Race to Rescue Amputee From Burning Home

Dramatic bodycam footage released on April 14 shows the moment police rescued an amputee from a burning home in southwest Florida, seconds before firefighters arrived.

Video posted by Cape Coral Police Department shows the rescue unfold on March 27.

One person was transported to a local hospital and treated for minor injuries. The fire may have been caused by an oxygen tank explosion, local media reported. Credit: Cape Coral Police Department via Storyful

Video transcript

[ALARM BEEPING]

- Hello!

- [INAUDIBLE]

- Cape Coral Police! Cape Coral Police, can you hear us?

- Yeah, I can hear you guys.

[INTERPOSING VOICES]

- Come on. Come on. Come out of the house. Come out of the house.

[RATTLING]

Come on. Bend down. Bend down. Come out.

- [INAUDIBLE]

- Who else is in there?

- My husband, who's an amputee, and my two dogs.

[ALARM BEEPING]

[HISSING]

- [INAUDIBLE]. Switch.

- I think the dogs are still in the house. I don't know where they're at.

- [INAUDIBLE]

- Hold your breath, Nick.

- [INAUDIBLE]

- He's got to get air. He can't get air.

- All right. Hold on.

- [INAUDIBLE]

- Can you get out of the chair? Can you get out of the chair?

[BARKING]

- No, he can't get out of the chair.

- Yeah, I can get out [INAUDIBLE].

- Here, you need help?

- We need-- we need you [INAUDIBLE].

- [INAUDIBLE] the door [INAUDIBLE] open.

- I can't. It's broken.

- [INAUDIBLE]

[BARKING]

- [INAUDIBLE] got [INAUDIBLE].

- We got a seat over here? [COUGHS] House is evacuated. [INAUDIBLE] [MUTED] smoke.

[DISTANT SIRENS BLARING]

- [INAUDIBLE]