As a woman screamed for help from the second floor of a burning Wrentham house, first responders desperately tried to make their way inside on Monday.
But the flames had overtaken the first floor. With no other escape, she had only one option — she had to jump.
She climbed over the railing and fell into the arms of the waiting police officers below.
The dramatic scene unfolded at a waterfront home on Woolford Road in Wrentham Monday.
Sgt. Jon Coliflores, Officer Mark Miscavage and Officer Mike Flinn were first on the scene to the fire after multiple 911 calls. They found the woman, who was not identified, screaming and coughing on the second floor balcony.
She was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
The Wrentham Fire Department was on scene soon after and began battling the blaze, “dogged by heat wave temperatures and hampered by limited access to the side of the home facing the water,” the police department said in a statement on Facebook.
Eventually firefighters were able to gain control and put out the fire. The police department shared photos from the scene, showing the house in flames.
One mutual aid firefighter was taken to the hospital due to dehydration.
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