Memphis Firefighter Burned Battling Apartment Blaze
A Memphis firefighter suffered first-degree burns to his face at an apartment fire near Raleigh-Lagrange and Summer this morning.
He was taken to the Regional Medical Center at Memphis in non-critical condition.
The Memphis Fire Department reported responding to the fire at 6201 Summer Hills Circle in the Summer Hills apartment complex shortly after 9 a.m., where about 42 emergency response personnel made the scene. The fire was brought under control at 9:26 a.m. and reported knocked down about ten minutes later.
No other injuries were reported.
Investigators said the cause of the fire was a faulty electrical outlet in the living room of an apartment.
The residence had a working smoke detector, MFD reported.
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