Harriet Ramos

Fort Worth Star-Telegram

(TNS)

A firefighter battling a blaze at an abandoned church in east Fort Worth was injured when a wall collapsed on him, officials said.

Firefighters were dispatched to the 5900 block of Tension Drive around 2:20 a.m. Thursday. Fire was already coming from the roof when they arrived, according to Star-Telegram media partner WFAA-TV.

A wall fell on one of the firefighters who was outside the building. The firefighter was transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, WFAA reported.

The fire spread to a nearby vacant home, and crews were still trying to get the fire under control as of 4:30 a.m. The cause of the fire is unknown, according to WFAA.

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