On Target Firearms, a gun range in Tarrant County, Texas, burned to the ground yesterday (Saturday) around noon. One firefighter was hurt, according to Benbrook Fire Chief Tommy Davis. The first video below is a brief look at the fire before the arrival of firefighters.
“It was so fully involved, we couldn’t get all the way inside,” Davis said of what firefighters found upon arrival.
Crews were forced to douse the flames from the outside and call for a lot of support. The structure around the gun range collapsed, but firefighters were able to stop the flames from causing much damage to the attached showroom and offices.
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One Benbrook firefighter was injured after he fell about 10 feet from a ladder “and hit his neck on one of the ladder rungs,” Davis said. The firefighter was taken to a hospital, but Davis said that “he’s OK” and expected him to be released late Saturday afternoon.
@NBCNightlyNews gun range on 377 just south of Benbrook on fire. -Kamera pic.twitter.com/fAeKn8AmyK
— Kam mcd (@kkmcdonald62k) January 23, 2016
PIC – Gun range and training center on fire southwest of Benbrook at 13820 US 377. Its a big one. #txfire pic.twitter.com/aaYdPxU3QC
— DFW Scanner (@DFWscanner) January 23, 2016
Fire Engulfs Texas Gun Range With Ammo Firing Out Of Control (VIDEO) https://t.co/j1HTf98OUZ pic.twitter.com/XUSfj1nDVd
— Tiffany Willis (@tiffany_willis) January 24, 2016
VIDEO: Major fire at a gun range southwest of Benbrook at 13820 US-377. Building is fully involved.
Posted by DFW Scanner on Saturday, January 23, 2016
White Settlement Chief 1 and Engine 18 with Lt. Chris Harrell, Firefighter Mike Cotrell and Firefighter Sid Turner…
Posted by White Settlement Fire Department on Saturday, January 23, 2016
Benbrook, ft worth, river oaks, granbury all coming to help with the gun range fire… it's still burning…
Posted by Christy Carroll on Saturday, January 23, 2016
