Man in critical condition after being rescued from house fire on Spokane's lower South Hill

SPOKANE, Wash. — A man has been taken to the hospital in critical condition after being rescued from a house fire on Spokane's lower South Hill.

The Spokane Fire Department (SFD) said crews responded to the fire at East 7th Avenue and South Sherman Street around 10:30 a.m. after callers reported seeing flames coming from the front of the home.

Dispatchers were advised that a victim was likely trapped in the home, and responding firefighters quickly began a search of the home while simultaneously attacking the flames.

SFD says firefighters found an unconscious man on the first floor and removed a sill from a window on the first floor to get the man safely out of the home. The man was taken to Sacred Heart Medical Center in critical condition.

SFD says the cause of the fire was a window