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Firefighter works to support, prevent other burn victims
Hall woman travels to tell firefighters her story 5 years after serious injuries
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Five years ago today, former Hall County Firefighter Angie Roach was fighting a blaze inside a home when a floor collapsed, sending her into the home’s basement and unable to escape. Now she works with the Georgia Firefighters Burn Foundation to help young burn victims and help fellow firefighters avoid similar injuries.
Five years ago today, Angie Roach was 31 and thinking about death. The Hall County firefighter had just fallen through a floor in a burning house. What should have been just a routine knockdown on a house fire — in the business, they call them “bread and butter fires” — quickly became a catastrophic event.