8 firefighters injured after hearth utility truck overturns on OC toll street

Eight Orange County firefighters getting back from an extended shift preventing the Airport hearth on Thursday had been injured after a fireplace utility truck rolled over on a toll street, officers mentioned

Six of the Orange County Fire Authority firefighters had been significantly damage after their truck crashed and overturned, mentioned Fire Chief Brian Fennessy. The crash was reported round 6:50 p.m. on the northbound 241 Toll Road simply north of Portola Avenue.

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A crew from OCFA arrived minutes after the crash and commenced medical remedy earlier than requesting further help. Nine paramedics items, 12 ambulances and three helicopters responded.

Seven firefighters had been transported to a number of space hospitals by ambulance, and one was transported by an OCFA helicopter, officers mentioned

Six firefighters had been significantly damage, and two had minor accidents, KCAL reported. CHP investigators informed KCAL that the fireplace utility truck and a car in entrance of it swerved due to a ladder within the street. The hearth truck then collided with a close-by guard rail and overturned, KCAL reported.

The firefighters had simply completed a 12-hour shift preventing the Airport hearth, which has charred 1000’s of acres of wildland in Orange and Riverside counties over the past a number of days, when the crash occurred on the toll street, Fennessy mentioned.

Fire crews who responded to the crash had been taking part in a important incident stress debriefing at OCFA headquarters Thursday night time, Fennessy mentioned.

“You can solely think about how traumatic it’s,” Fennessy mentioned, “for his or her brother and sister firefighters to see them injured like that on the freeway.”