Saturday, September 27, 2008

News Story #1

News Story #1

San Jose firefighters rescue man from burning home.


Firefighters rescued an unconscious and severely burned Robert Kent from the floor of the kitchen in his single-story home yesterday. Kent is in his 50s and is retired.

According to San Jose fire Captain Rob Piper, the fire started in the kitchen and spread to the attic and smoke engulfed the whole house.

Kent’s Home was not equipped with a smoke detector and the cause of the fire is now under investigation. The fire was reported around 3p.m., according to piper.

A nursing supervisor at Valley Medical Center in San Jose says that Kent is in grave condition after having over 50 percent of his body suffering with second and third degree burns.

1 comment:

camccune said...

Good, except you've given me a headline instead of a lead. Use some of the info from P2 to make it a complete sentence with more of the 5Ws/1H info.

Late/partial credit: 5/10