UPDATED – Pre-arrival video & new video added: Apartment fire in Irving, Texas with mayday. Two firefighters hurt.
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Three videos from an apartment fire yesterday evening in Irving, Texas that left two firefighters with injuries. In order from top to bottom they are by Sundus Yousuf (two videos), nubiandiamond03 & Reecha kiran.
UPDATED:
At about 4:30 in the video below you will see firefighters assisting at least one injured firefighter on the ground in the rear of the building.
At 6:45 on in the video below you can hear the radio transmission of the mayday (info from a STATter911.com reader).
Lightning may have caused a fast moving apartment fire that injured two firefighters and destroyed 24 units in Irving on Saturday evening.
According to Irving Assistant Fire Chief Rusty Wilson, the first call about the fire came into emergency dispatch at 5:54 p.m. By the time firefighters arrived at the Eagle Crest Apartments at 3810 Esters Road, flames were shooting through the roof.
Two firefighters were injured. Their condition and names have not been released.
“One was injured from a fall,” Assistant Chief Wilson said. “A second one was transported because of burns.”
There are no reports of any residents getting hurt. A total of 41 firefighters responded to the fire.
The cause is under investigation. “I can tell you I do have unconfirmed reports of a lightning strike,” Chief Wilson said. “The storm was coming through at the time of the call for the first alarm.”
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