One firefighter was injured and one fell into an elevator shaft during a mansion fire in Fort Worth Wednesday morning.
Firefighters were called to the home on Sanctuary Heights Road in the city's Mira Vista neighborhood around 8 a.m. after multiple 9-1-1 callers reported a fire, possibly sparked by a lightning strike.
"The home was situated off the road and posed access challenges for our firefighters today," Fire Worth Fire spokesman Craig Trojacek told Firehouse.com. "We had limited access for our apparatus and water supply required long hose lays."
Crews encountered fire through the roof of the 10,000-sq. ft. home, which was also being fed by a ruptured gas line, Trojacek said.
As firefighters were using an interior attack, a partial roof collapse forced firefighters to withdraw from the structure to assess the structure before re-entering.
"At one point, we had a mayday call go out when a firefighter unexpectedly fell into an elevator shaft," Trojacek said. "Crews were able to quickly locate and rescue their fellow firefighter and he was not injured."
Both the second and third alarms were sounded to bring nearly 100 firefighters and 25 apparatus to the scene.
The fire was declared under control nearly two hours after they were dispatched and one firefighter - not the one from the mayday - had to be treated by a doctor.
Crews remained on scene for more than 10 hours.
