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NEW VIDEO: Lee County Deputy and Trainee save man from burning home

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NORTH FORT MYERS, Fla. — The Lee County Sheriff's Office shared video from a rescue in the early hours of Sunday Morning.

Sheriff's deputies were the first on scene of a large house fire in North Fort Myers.

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The Sheriff's Office said Field Training Officer Rachel Bauer-Fithian and Deputy Trainee Tyler Voege quickly tried to enter the home, crawling on the floor.

The smoke was took thick, Deputy Voege broke out a front window and pulled a man that was disabled and injured from a bedroom.

He was transported to the hospital.