North Carolina Firefighter Injured Battling Blaze

July 8, 2008
A Greensboro firefighter who was suffering from a heat injury while fighting a fire.

GREENSBORO --

A Greensboro firefighter who was suffering from a heat injury while fighting a fire on Atlas Street Monday morning was taken to the hospital for evaluation, Guilford County fire officials said.

Eight fire units responded to the home around 2:30 a.m. and discovered that smoke was pouring from the roof.

A half-hour later the crews had the fire, which officials said started after food was left unattended, under control.

Damage was estimated at $30,000 to the structure and $15,000 to the contents.

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