Two KY Firefighters Hospitalized in Rural Home Fire

Feb. 26, 2019
It took dozens of crews several hours to extinguish a fire that started in a car and spread to a farm house in Walton on Tuesday morning.

Dozens of crews responded to a fire in rural northern Kentucky that injured two firefighters Tuesday morning.

Seven residents—five adults and two kids—escaped after the house in Walton caught fire before 7:30 a.m., WLWT-TV reports. Officials said the fire started in a car outside and spread to the farm home, taking crews several hours to put out.

The injured firefighters suffered minor injuries, but they were taken to St. Elizabeth Hospital for treatment, according to WLWT.