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An elderly man was hospitalized after he was forced to jump from the second-floor window of his home to escape a fire, according to reporting from local media.
The man, who is in his 70s, remained in critical condition as of Tuesday morning, NBC 6 South Florida reported. He was allegedly at home with his daughter and grandchildren around 6 a.m. Monday when the fire broke out at the family’s townhome. The flames had reached the staircase, essentially trapping the family upstairs, police told reporters. The grandfather smashed through the window and slid down the side of the home before falling to the ground where a neighbor found him. Officials said that the man suffered a “major head injury” as a result of the incident.
“I heard glass shatters and I thought someone was breaking into my house,” one neighbor told reporters.
