A Dallas man is in critical condition after firefighters pulled him from a burning one-story home on West Purdue Avenue Saturday night, finding him unresponsive in the area where the fire had started. Crews extinguished the blaze quickly, but not before the man suffered what officials describe as critical injuries.
Dallas Fire-Rescue units were called to the 5500 block of West Purdue Avenue at about 6:50 p.m. on Oct. 31, according to WFAA. Arriving firefighters found smoke coming from the front of the home and deployed hand lines before entering, per the station's report.
Firefighters Found Him Near Where the Fire Started
Inside, crews located fire in a bedroom and bathroom near the front of the house. That's also where they found the man, unresponsive, in the area where the fire had started, the outlet reports. Dallas Fire-Rescue said firefighters extinguished the fire quickly once they made entry.
The man was transported first to medics on scene and then taken to a hospital, where he was listed in critical condition, per the same account. His identity has not been released, and no further details about his condition have been made public.
Cause Still Under Investigation
Dallas Fire-Rescue is investigating what sparked the fire, though no cause has been determined. The agency has not said whether anyone else was inside the home at the time.
The West Purdue Avenue fire comes roughly six weeks after a string of suspicious fires rattled another Dallas neighborhood. In September, NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth reported that three homes in and around the South Boulevard-Park Row Historic District had caught fire within about a month, leaving neighbors on edge. One of those fires broke out next door to resident Harry Robinson Jr. around midnight on Aug. 18, while a house on Myrtle Street that burned was reportedly vacant.
Dallas Fire-Rescue said at the time that the causes of all three South Dallas fires remained undetermined, with active investigations underway. Dallas City Council member Adam Bazaldua said investigators were working toward building a case that could support filing charges if warranted. There is no indication the West Purdue Avenue fire is connected to those earlier incidents.
