UPDATE: Unfortunately fire victim Robert Hill would later die at Temple University Hospital.
The actions of a police officer in the right place saved a Bucks County man from a fire overnight.
The Warminster Township officer ran up to the home at Newtown and E Bristol roads to find the man unresponsive on the porch around 12:30 a.m. Friday, said investigators.
The unidentified officer began CPR on the man until paramedics arrived to rush the man Abington Memorial hospital.
“I do know he had a pulse when he left here,” said Warminster Fire Chief Mitch Shapiro.
Investigators said the man appeared to be doing OK. They credited the quick-acting first responders with saving the man.
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A firefighter suffering from heat exhaustion and a police officer who hurt his hand trying to break a window were also hospitalized.
Fire investigators spent early Friday looking into a possible cause for the blaze, which they believe was accidental and started in the kitchen/living room area.
