One firefighter killed in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee house fire
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A house fire broke out around 4:30 p.m. yesterday (Monday) on Hood Lakes Road in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee. News reports indicate there was a collapse more than four hours later that killed one firefighter and injured at least two others.
A firefighter was killed and two other firefighters were injured in a Lawrenceburg fire.
According to local reports from WLX, the fire broke out at a home on the 500 block of Hood Lakes Road Monday afternoon.
It was unclear what caused the fire, but reports suggest the roof collapsed, injuring the firefighters.
James Bennett, The Daily Herald:
A Lawrenceburg firefighter was killed and two others were injured Monday night as they battled a house fire, The Daily Herald has learned.
A 10 a.m. Tuesday news conference has been scheduled for Fire Station 1 in Lawrenceburg to discuss the tragedy.
One of the injured firefighters works for the Lawrenceburg Fire Department. The other is from the New Prospect Fire Department. They were being Tuesday morning at Southern Tennessee Regional Hospital.
The fire was reported around 4:30 p.m. on Monday at a two-story home on Hood Lake Road.
After arriving on the scene, city crews requested additional water support from Leoma and Crawfish Valley stations.
Around 9 p.m., crews activated “mayday” protocol, and were still actively attempting to contain the fire inside and outside the structure.
The fire broke out at a home on the 500 block of Hood Lakes Road around 4 p.m. The Maury County Fire Department said the distress call for injured officer wen out at 8 p.m.
Multiple agencies from Maury, Giles and Lawrence counties responded to the house fire.
