{"id":988841,"date":"2021-11-09T09:29:07","date_gmt":"2021-11-09T14:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=988841"},"modified":"2021-11-09T09:29:09","modified_gmt":"2021-11-09T14:29:09","slug":"california-firefighters-rescue-woman-trapped-in-burning-car-service-before-self","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-firefighters-rescue-woman-trapped-in-burning-car-service-before-self\/","title":{"rendered":"California Firefighters Rescue Woman Trapped in Burning Car: &#039;Service Before Self&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcalifornia-firefighters-rescue-woman-trapped-in-burning-car-service-before-self%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=988841&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Barstow-Fire-Protection-District-California-car-fire-facebook-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">California firefighters rescued a woman from a rolled-over vehicle in the nick of time as fire was rapidly engulfing the car.<\/p>\n<p>Barstow firefighters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/barstowfiredept\/posts\/190333193274739\">had<\/a> been \u201cclearing a structure fire\u201d when they learned of the rolled-over vehicle at 5:27 on November 6, according to the Barstow Fire Protection District.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The scene of the accident <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vvdailypress.com\/restricted\/?return=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vvdailypress.com%2Fstory%2Fnews%2F2021%2F11%2F07%2Fbarstow-fire-chief-saves-woman-burning-car-his-day-off%2F6330278001%2F\">was<\/a> reportedly two miles away from the structure fire that the department was dealing with, the <em>Victorville Daily Press<\/em> reports.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/barstowfiredept\/posts\/190333193274739\" data-width=\"640\" readability=\"23.621052631579\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/graph.facebook.com\/100068941788244\/posts\/190333193274739\/\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" readability=\"7.6421052631579\">\n<p>On November 6, 2021 at 5:27pm Barstow Fire District was clearing a structure fire when they received reports of a\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/barstowfiredept\">Barstow Fire Protection District<\/a> on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/graph.facebook.com\/100068941788244\/posts\/190333193274739\/\">Saturday, November 6, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>When Barstow firefighters arrived at the crash site, they discovered the Barstow Marine Corps Logistics Base (MCLB) Fire Department on scene battling the fire, the <em>Victorville Daily Press<\/em> reports.<\/p>\n<p>A mother and a son were inside the vehicle, though it was not reported to either department that anyone was stuck in the vehicle, Barstow Fire Protection District Chief Nick DiNapoli told Breitbart News.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe weren\u2019t aware that his mother was in there. There was no report that there were people trapped, initially,\u201d the chief said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe son self-extricated, upon arrival from the fire department, through the upper window on the driver\u2019s side,\u201d Chief DiNapoli told Breitbart.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just saw him extremely grief-filled; he was just very upset. I walked up to him, and he said, \u201cmy mom\u2019s still inside!\u201d Chief DiNapoli told Breitbart. \u201cObviously, we went to work from there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DiNapoli was working on a way to get the woman removed from the vehicle, and \u201cthe one thing that confirmed that she was still alive was her hand pressed up against the windshield,\u201d he told Breitbart.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was able to \u2014 I could confirm that she was tapping on the window, and she was choking on the smoke, and that\u2019s when I started kicking and trying to enter the windshield; I didn\u2019t have a tool on me,\u201d he recounted.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Firefighters worked frantically to remove the windshield as they raced against time.&nbsp;<span>\u201cWe had to use an ax to finish it because it was so hard,\u201d DiNapoli stated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>DiNapoli and a firefighter from the MCLB Fire Department worked together to remove the windshield by hand and the MCLB firefighter \u201ccut his hand pretty severely trying to help pull the windshield out,\u201d Dinapoli said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Dinapoli then went into the back row of the car in a successful attempt to extract the woman, and as a result, inhaled plumes of smoke as he did not have a breathing apparatus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI grabbed her and started to pull her to the window to where other firefighters were, and then they helped me get her through the window,\u201d the chief told Breitbart News.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>The two crash victims sustained minor injuries but \u201crefused treatment and transport, according to the Barstow Fire Protection District.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe guys did a great job,\u201d DiNapoli stressed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOrdinarily, a fire chief doesn\u2019t get involved in the rescues, but in a small department, sometimes we do,\u201d he stated. \u201cI\u2019ve been a firefighter a long time, and I\u2019m still that guy that believes in service before self, but you know we all what to be able to make a difference.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DiNapoli said when in a high-pressure rescue situation with a life on the line, one has \u201c<span>to do a lot to save a lot.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen it comes to a live rescue \u2014 when it comes to a life \u2014 all fire departments and firefighters in America are going to do a lot to save a lot. And at that moment of inception, we are going to do a lot to save a lot, and that\u2019s what we did,\u201d DiNapoli said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California firefighters rescued a woman from a rolled-over vehicle in the nick of time as fire was rapidly engulfing the car. 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