Eight firemens were harmed– 6 seriously– after their fire engine surrendered and collapsed on a California highway as they were returning from a change fighting a damaging wildfire.
The team of firemens were going back to the terminal after fighting the extensive 23,000 Airport Fire throughout a 12-hour change, when the vehicle all of a sudden rescinded on an Irvine, California, highway around 6:50 p.m. neighborhood timeThursday
The accident left 8 individuals harmed, among them requiring to be airlifted out of the scene.
Six of the 8 accident targets were seriously harmed and required to neighborhood injury facilities.
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Photos and video clips from the scene revealed the ravaged fire engine on it’s side after the accident.
Authorities did not define what resulted in the mishap, however it stays under examination.
Six of the 8 accident targets were seriously harmed and required to neighborhood injury facilities. ( OC HAWK)
Orange County Fire Authority Chief Brian Fennessy claimed in an interview on Thursday evening that the automobile “did swerve for whatever [reason] and did roll several times. What caused that, again, I have some thoughts, but I don’t have any factual information.”
During an interview on Friday early morning, Fennessy supplied an upgrade on the damaged firemens, claiming that they had a “long road” of healing in advance of them.
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“We ask that you pray for our firefighters and their families,” Fennessy claimed. “This is the beginning of a long road for many of those firefighters and our fire departments.”
Orange County Fire Authority Chief Brian Fennessy states the reason for Thursday evening’s accident that damaged 8 firemens stays under examination. ( KTTV)
Fennessy claimed Friday early morning that the 6 firemens harmed in the accident continued to be hospitalized in problems varying from “stable to critical.”
He claimed “many of the injured are going to be hospitalized for quite a while,” however he did not supply specifics regarding the injuries. Two various other firemens harmed in the accident were dealt with and launched on Thursday night.
“Our crews, as you can imagine, are devastated,” Fennessey claimed. “As you can imagine how traumatic it would be to see your fellow firefighters that injured in the middle of the freeway.”
The accident occurred in the Portola Springs location, which is 10 miles east of Irvine, Calif., on Thursday. ( OC HAWK)
The California fire principal claimed that the neighborhood was injuring after the event, however that he was certain that they would certainly “rally around each other.”
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“This is devastating for me, personally, devastating for everybody in the fire service here in Orange County,” Fennessey claimed. “We’re heartbroken, we’re devastated, but there’s no doubt in my mind that the crews, firefighters, our professional staff — everybody involved are going to rally around each other, and we’re going to be stronger because of it.”
