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Police save man from burning Fern Rock home

Four police officers rescue man from Fern Rock fire

Fire fighters diffuse what is left of a fire at 1311 W Godfrey Ave. Saturday, December 15, 2018. MARGO REED / Staff Photographer
Fire fighters diffuse what is left of a fire at 1311 W Godfrey Ave. Saturday, December 15, 2018. MARGO REED / Staff PhotographerRead more

Four police officers, two of whom were off duty, were being treated for injuries after running into a burning home in Fern Rock on Saturday morning to rescue a man.

Authorities received a call for a report of a house fire on the 1300 block of Godfrey Avenue at about 8:30 a.m., with a man trapped inside a bedroom. All four officers who responded were injured while extracting the man from the home and were transported to Einstein Medical Center by medics. All four were expected to be treated and released.

The man in the home, 55, was also taken to Einstein, where he was listed in critical condition.