Mo. Firefighter Shot in Foot at Mobile Home Fire Recovering

A Missouri firefighter is recovering after being shot in the foot in a mobile home fire last week.

Linn firefighter Adam Strope told a KRCG reporter:  "I hear a pop and feel my foot go numb."

At first, he thought maybe a can had exploded. But, seconds later that changed.

"I felt my sock getting wet," he explained, adding that he ran outside for help. 

The incident commander told him to calm down. But, that wasn't so easy.

 A loaded gun in a dresser drawer overheated and discharged, hitting him in the foot.

"I'm lucky because the first time we went in we were on our hands and knees, so I could have got shot in the foot, leg, chest, head, or anywhere."

Strope added that he's anxious to get back on the line. 

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