published Wednesday, May 16th, 2012

Neighbors rescue elderly man from burning apartment in Cleveland

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    Quick thinking neighbors were able to save an elderly man overnight in Cleveland.
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CLEVELAND, BRADLEY COUNTY - Quick thinking neighbors were able to save an elderly man overnight in Cleveland.

Paramedics were called around 11:00 p.m. to the apartments at 2904 Henderson Avenue NW on reports of an unconscious man.

Neighbors discovered the 77-year-old man passed out in his recliner after noticing the apartment on fire.

Read more at WRCB.

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