By Micheal Chukwuebuka, Reporting
A fire truck crashed and rolled over as it returned from battling the Airport Fire wildfire in Southern California, injuring eight firefighters who were inside the truck.
Orange County Fire Authority Chief Brian Fennessy said the vehicle crashed while traveling north at about 6:50 p.m. on State Route 241 near Portola Parkway in Irvine, California.
The injured were taken to four different hospitals, according to Fennessy.
Seven were transported by ambulances and one was airlifted by helicopter from the scene.
Two of the injured, as of when filing this report, were in stable condition at Hoag Hospital Irvine and six were taken to trauma centers.
The firefighters, which he described as a “hand crew,” had just wrapped up a 12-hour shift fighting the wildfire.
“We’ll be here for our firefighters, and we ask that you pray for our firefighters and their families.
“All the families have been notified, and this is the beginning of a long road for many of those firefighters and our fire department,” Fennessy said during a press conference.
The California Highway Patrol told our source, ABC13, that a vehicle driving in front of the truck swerved to avoid hitting a ladder that was in one of the lanes, causing the fire vehicle to swerve, lose control and overturn after hitting the guard rail.
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