HERMITAGE, Pa. -- Police are working to figure out what started a fight that led to a physical altercation between two Hermitage firefighters Tuesday night.
Investigators said they only know that one firefighter attacked another as they were about to head out on a call.
"One of them assaulted the other with a plastic pipe and at the end of the pipe was a drain. I'm not sure what they used it for," said Hermitage Deputy Police Chief Brian Blair.
Investigators said the assault sent the 26-year-old man to the hospital with a serious head wound. Police said longtime firefighter Dale McCloskey was arrested.
"He hit him in the back of the head three times. There was an open wound and there was some blood," said Blair.
Blair said the assault is a sad situation.
"Our fire department is incredible. They are all volunteers, except two paid, and in my book they're No. 1," Blair said.
McCloskey has been banned from all fire departments in town.
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