911 operator hung up on Spanish-speaking caller in deadly Lehigh Valley fire, lawsuit alleges

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911 dispatcher hung up Spanish-speaking man – then he and his nephew died in a fast-moving house fire: lawsuit

A Pennsylvania emergency dispatcher hung up on a Spanish-speaking man who called to report the house fire that later killed him.Heriberto Santiago Jr. dialed 911 on July 27, 2020, to report the fire at his Allentown home, but a new lawsuit filed by seven former dispatchers claims the woman who answered the phone told him to speak English and hung up when he could not -- and the man and his 14-year-old nephew died in the blaze, reported PennLive.…