A Blackfoot firefighter was injured when a partial collapse happened during a shop fire.
A firefighter was flown to the hospital after he was caught in a partial collapse at a fire in Blackfoot Wednesday.
Firefighters were called out before 2 p.m. when a controlled burn on a farm near Rockford got out of control and strong winds spread to a shop building, according to the Idaho State Journal.
Blackfoot Fire Chief Bryon Howell told the newspaper that the firefighter was injured when a header from the garage door collapsed and fell on him after the fire was contained.
Peter Matthews is the conference director and editor-in-chief of Firehouse. He has worked at Firehouse since 1999, serving in various roles on both Firehouse Magazine and Firehouse.com staffs. He completed an internship with the Rochester, NY, Fire Department and served with fire departments in Rush, NY, and Laurel, MD, and was a lieutenant with the Glenwood Fire Company in Glenwood, NY. Matthews served as photographer for the St. Paul, MN, Fire Department and currently is a photographer for the Fort Worth, TX, Fire Department.
