During the investigation, firefighters said they learned a bystander walking by saw the flames "shooting out" a front window and grabbed a garden hose to fight the fire before fire rescue arrived.
ALTON — A worker from Sisk, an engineering and construction firm, was briefly knocked unconscious Monday after he was reportedly struck in the face by a flying fire hose, attached to an open ...
Before crews arrived, a quick-thinking neighbor stretched a garden hose over the fence and began spraying water in a window to reduce the flames, according to the fire department. Firefighters ...