KY Firefighter Injures Shoulder in Apartment Fire
Source Firehouse.com News
A Kentucky firefighter was injured while battling an apartment fire early Monday.
Owensboro Fire Department received a call just before 3:30 a.m. concerning a fire at a multi-family dwelling in the 1100 block of Burlew Boulevard, the department stated in an online update. Nearly 30 firefighters—as well as three off-duty firefighters—responded to the fire that tore through multiple apartments in the building.
At 3:25 this morning OFD was dispatched to a structure fire in an apartment in the 1100 block of Burlew Boulevard. OPD...
Posted by Owensboro Fire Department on Monday, January 18, 2021
During the fire, a firefighter suffered a non-life threatening injury, the department stated. According to WEHT-TV, the firefighter injured a shoulder and was taken to the hospital for treatment.
The cause of the fire is under investigation. Owensboro Fire Chief James Howard credits a fire wall with possibly limiting of the damage.
“Half of the building, it looks like, maybe, saved by a firewall, should not have significant smoke or fire damage from what we can tell," Howard told WEHT. "So, we’re mainly focused on the apartments on the west end of the building. I’d say at least four of those families are going to have significant fire, smoke, or water damage to their apartment."
