Thursday, June 2, 2011

Two Firefighters, Worker Injured in New Orleans (LA) Fire

From WWLTV.com:
Three people were injured, including two firefighters, after a worker cut a gas line to a home in Mid-City sparking a flash fire, according to the New Orleans Fire Department.

Around 8:15 a.m., firefighters were called to the 2100 block of Bienville Street, according to the NOFD.

Three contractors were renovating a home when one worker cut the gas line from the supply side, causing a flash fire and burning his face and his upper body, according to the NOFD. He suffered first- and second-degree burns and was airlifted to a burn center in Baton Rouge.

Read more HERE.

What's your opinion on the use of the term "flash fire"? Hear it often? Use it often? Not one we hear much of in the Fair Lawn office of Fire Engineering.

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