World Courant
Eight firefighters had been injured when the fireplace truck they had been driving in overturned whereas coming back from battling the Airport Fireplace, one of many largest blazes raging in Southern California.
The car crashed whereas touring north on State Route 241 close to Portola Parkway in Irvine, California, round 6:50 p.m., Orange County Fireplace Authority Chief Brian Fennessy mentioned. No different autos had been concerned within the crash, he added.
A screenshot from video taken on Thursday, September 19, 2024, close to Portola, California, reveals a broken hearth truck.
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The injured had been taken to 4 completely different hospitals, Fennessy mentioned. Seven had been transported by ambulance and one was taken from the scene by helicopter, he added. Two of the injured had been in secure situation at Hoag Hospital Irvine and 6 had been taken to trauma facilities, he mentioned.
The firefighters, whom he described as a “staff of firefighters,” had simply accomplished a 12-hour shift battling the wildfire, he mentioned.
A screenshot from video taken on Thursday, September 19, 2024, close to Portola, California, reveals a broken hearth truck.
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“We will be there for our firefighters and we ask that you just pray for our firefighters and their households,” Fennessy mentioned at a information convention. “All the households have been notified and that is the start of a protracted highway for a lot of of these firefighters and our hearth division.”
The California Freeway Patrol advised ABC Information’ Los Angeles station KABC {that a} car in entrance of the truck needed to keep away from a ladder that was in one of many lanes, inflicting the fireplace truck to skid, lose management and overturn after hitting the guardrail.
