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Firetruck Rolls Over During Emergency Response, Injuring Firefighter: Fire Department

A firefighter in southwestern Virginia faces a long recovery after a vehicle accident, his department says.

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FORT BLACKMORE, VA – A firefighter has "a long road to recovery" after his fire truck rolled over while he was responding to an emergency, according to his department.

According to the Fort Blackmore Fire Department, one of its trucks was involved in a single-vehicle rollover crash on Saturday night while responding to give support to another department fighting a structure fire on Natural Tunnel Parkway.

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The department said the firefighter inside managed to free himself from the truck and was taken to a nearby hospital with injuries not considered life-threatening. However, the Fort Blackmore Fire Department says he "will have a long road to recovery ahead of him.

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