Retired UFC fighter Mark Coleman hospitalized after rescuing parents from house fire, manager says
Retired UFC fighter Mark Coleman was in an induced coma in intensive care after he rescued his parents from a house fire in Toledo, Ohio, early Tuesday, his manager said.
Retired UFC fighter Mark Coleman was in an induced coma in intensive care after he rescued his parents from a house fire in Toledo, Ohio, early Tuesday, his manager said.
Despite the urgent medical attention, family members, including Coleman's rescued mother, believe he will pull through, manager Michael DiSabato said late Tuesday.
The blaze took place around 4 a.m. when Coleman was awakened by the barking of the family's dog, Hammer, which prompted him to pull his father and then his mother out of the burning home, DiSabato said, adding that Coleman's family said the fire began in the kitchen.
Coleman, 59, went in a third time to rescue Hammer but was unsuccessful, and the dog died, he said.
It wasn't clear whether Coleman collapsed inside or outside the home. DiSabato said that the roof collapsed when the first firefighters arrived and that Coleman suffered from the effects of smoke inhalation.
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