LONDON, Ky. (FOX 56) — Leaders with the London Police Department and the newly reinstated Mayor Randall Weddle announced the hard work of first responders on Wednesday morning during a house fire that left a resident with a disability trapped inside his burning bedroom.

According to London police, around 8:48 a.m. on Oct. 1, the London-Laurel 911 Communications Center got an urgent call that a man who needed a wheelchair was trapped inside his burning home on East 5th Street.

When first responders arrived, crews with the London Fire Department and local law enforcement saw a residence "heavily filled with smoke," making it nearly impossible to see, according to London officials.

Authorities said that despite the hazardous smoke, members of the London police and fire crews pushed through

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