Ohio Firefighters Hurt in 'Nasty' Warehouse Blaze

May 25--Two Columbus firefighters were injured late Friday night fighting a large warehouse fire just north of downtown. The fire in the 1600 block of Third Avenue at Railroad Avenue engulfed a building that was once the old Burnham warehouse, Fire Marshall Ricky Shores said. Units from the Columbus Fire and Emergency Medical Services responded at 10:22 p.m. Three firefighters were on the front porch of the structure when a large explosion blew them back. One suffered a break of his lower...

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Ohio Firefighters Hurt in 'Nasty' Warehouse Blaze

A Columbus firefighter suffered burns and a second suffered a broken leg searching for homeless people in a large warehouse fire Friday night.

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