California Firefighter Engulfed in Flames

    June 20, 2007
    Folsom firefighter was briefly engulfed in flames while fighting a car fire along Highway 50 this morning.
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    A Folsom firefighter was briefly engulfed in flames while fighting a car fire along Highway 50 this morning.

    A car crash sparked the grassfire along Highway 50 near Prairie City at about 9 a.m. As firefighters were working to put out the flames burning under one of the cars, the flames leaped up and briefly swept over one firefighter. He was not injured.

    Firefighters put out the blaze.

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