Crime & Safety
Firefighter Injured While Battling House Blaze: Report
The abandoned home was fully engulfed in flames early Friday when crew arrived, say fire officials.
ATLANTA, GA — An Atlanta firefighter fell through a second-story window early Friday as his crew put out a blaze in an abandoned house, according to a media report.
The firefighter fell about 8 feet and suffered a knee injury, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. The injury was minor, fire officials said.
The fire broke out just before 4 a.m. in a vacant home at the corner of Mayson Turner Road and Joseph E. Lowery Boulevard, in northwest Atlanta, according to AJC.com.
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When firefighters arrived, flames were engulfing both floors in the rear of the house, and black smoke was pouring out of the front, a fire captain told the AJC. The firefighters put out the blaze by 6:30 a.m.
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