Monday, March 14, 2011

3 KY Firefighters Injured in House Fire

One firefighter suffered serious injuries when he became trapped at a house fire in the Shelby Park neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky. More from the Courier-Journal:
Three firefighters were taken Monday morning to University Hospital with non-life threatening injuries they sustained while battling a house fire in the 600 block of Camp Street.

One suffered “serious” injuries when he was trapped after the structure collapsed, said Capt. Sal Melendez, spokesman for Louisville Fire & Rescue.

A second firefighter suffered neck injuries from falling debris and a third received face and neck burns, Melendez said.

Read it all HERE. Read more on structural collapse at residential fires HERE.

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