8 Firefighters Injured in Asheville (NC) Fire; 1 Reported Dead

From wspa.com:

Eight firefighters were hospitalized after battling a fire at a medical building, 445 Biltmore Center, on the 5th floor.

The Ashville Fire PIO, Kelley Webb, says firefighters responded to the fire at about 1 p.m.

Mission Hospital officials said the building was evacuated. The medical building is not part of the hospital.

More than 50 firefighters responded to the fire. Webb says the part of the building containing the fire did not have sprinklers.

Asheville Fire says two firefighters were lost in the building and had to be taken to the hospital after they were found.

WLOS ABC 13 reports that one firefighter has died. See video HERE and HERE.