{"id":1938,"date":"2024-10-22T21:55:10","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T21:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/?p=1938"},"modified":"2024-10-22T21:55:10","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22T21:55:10","slug":"shocking-8-california-firefighters-just-injured-freeway-rollover-battling-airport-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/?p=1938","title":{"rendered":"SHOCKING: 8 California firefighters Just injured in freeway rollover after battling Airport Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"gnt_ar_hl\">8 California firefighters injured in freeway rollover after battling Airport Fire<\/h1>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_shl\">Six firefighters required treatment at local trauma centers, while two others were reported to be in stable condition at a nearby hospital.<\/p>\n<div class=\"gnt_ar_b\">\n<aside class=\"gnt_em gnt_em__fp gnt_em_vp__tp gnt_em__el\" aria-label=\"Video - Firefighter fells tree as California's Line fire is 50 percent contained\">\n<div class=\"gnt_em_vb gnt_em_vb__he\" aria-label=\"Emergency crews continued to battle the Line fire in Southern California, with evacuation orders still in effect in the area.\"><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Eight California firefighters who were part of a crew returning from a shift\u00a0fighting the Airport Fire\u00a0in Orange County were injured late Thursday when their truck crashed on a freeway near Irvine, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The crash occurred at about 6:50 p.m. local time when an Orange County Fire Authority truck rolled over while it was headed north on State Route 241. Six firefighters required treatment at local trauma centers, while two others were reported to be in stable condition at a nearby hospital, Fire Chief Brian Fennessey\u00a0said in a late-night news conference.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The firefighters were on their way home after a 12-hour shift battling a blaze in Southern California that erupted Sept. 9 in Trabuco Canyon, Fennessey said.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<div id=\"ad-slot-7103-usatoday-native-article_link-news-national-2-ac1\" class=\"gnt_x_sl gnt_x_al up-show\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-method=\"llx\"><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;We ask that you pray for our firefighters and their families,&#8221; Fennessey said during the news conference, which the agency shared on Facebook.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"gnt_ar_b_mt\">Fire truck swerved to avoid ladder on freeway, reports say<\/h2>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">California Highway Patrol investigators\u00a0told KCAL\u00a0that the fire utility truck swerved to avoid a ladder on the freeway just north of Portola Parkway in Irvine. The fire truck then crashed into a nearby guardrail and overturned, KCAL reported.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<div id=\"ad-slot-7103-usatoday-native-article_link-news-national-3-ac2\" class=\"gnt_x_sl gnt_x_al up-show gnt_x__prmt\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-method=\"llx\" data-x-c=\"2\" data-google-query-id=\"CPq_zN76ookDFXxJHQkd9V8Bcw\">\n<div class=\"ahover\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/robots.txt?upapi=true\" width=\"320\" height=\"50\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"upo-label\">AD<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_7103\/usatoday\/native-article_link\/news\/national_1__container__\" class=\"gnt_x__prmt\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"google_ads_iframe_7103\/usatoday\/native-article_link\/news\/national_1\" class=\"gnt_x_sl_gpt_if gnt_x_sl_gpt_if__prmt\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" src=\"https:\/\/8bbdd38bc51cd66b2a53ac3f98691689.safeframe.googlesyndication.com\/safeframe\/1-0-40\/html\/container.html?upapi=true\" name=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" data-is-safeframe=\"true\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-google-container-id=\"8\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">An Orange County fire crew arrived within minutes of the crash to begin medical treatment before requesting additional support.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Aerial footage of the crash site\u00a0from local news\u00a0showed the wrecked fire utility truck amid debris littered across the road.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_cp gnt_em_cp__sp\" aria-label=\"Latest trending and breaking news\" data-c-cta=\"TOP HEADLINES\">\n<div class=\"gnt_em_cp_cw\"><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">All told, nine paramedic units, 12 ambulances and three helicopters responded to the scene, Fennessey said. Seven of the injured were transported from the scene by ambulance, while one firefighter was taken in a helicopter, he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The highway patrol closed both directions of the freeway for about five hours to allow helicopters to land and perform evacuations,\u00a0according to the LA Times.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"gnt_ar_b_mt\">&#8216;Long road&#8217; ahead for injured firefighters<\/h2>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Once the scene was cleared, the crews who responded to the crash returned to Orange County Fire Authority headquarters for critical incident stress debriefing, Fennessey said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;You can only imagine how traumatic it is for a brother, sister firefighter to see them injured like that on the freeway,&#8221; he told reporters Thursday night.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_tw\" aria-label=\"X Embed\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-method=\"loadTwitter\" data-v-id=\"1836999325668258151\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=usatoday&amp;dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfdGltZWxpbmVfbGlzdCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOltdLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2ZvbGxvd2VyX2NvdW50X3N1bnNldCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOnRydWUsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdHdlZXRfZWRpdF9iYWNrZW5kIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6Im9uIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd19yZWZzcmNfc2Vzc2lvbiI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfZm9zbnJfc29mdF9pbnRlcnZlbnRpb25zX2VuYWJsZWQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib24iLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X21peGVkX21lZGlhXzE1ODk3Ijp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6InRyZWF0bWVudCIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3Nob3dfYmlyZHdhdGNoX3Bpdm90c19lbmFibGVkIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6Im9uIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd19kdXBsaWNhdGVfc2NyaWJlc190b19zZXR0aW5ncyI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdXNlX3Byb2ZpbGVfaW1hZ2Vfc2hhcGVfZW5hYmxlZCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdmlkZW9faGxzX2R5bmFtaWNfbWFuaWZlc3RzXzE1MDgyIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6InRydWVfYml0cmF0ZSIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfbGVnYWN5X3RpbWVsaW5lX3N1bnNldCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOnRydWUsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdHdlZXRfZWRpdF9mcm9udGVuZCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9fQ%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1836999325668258151&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.usatoday.com%2Fstory%2Fnews%2Fnation%2F2024%2F09%2F20%2Fcalifornia-firefighters-injured-crash-airport-fire%2F75303534007%2F&amp;sessionId=2919f6d720e832872c4f1e825d02bc3da4970a85&amp;siteScreenName=usatoday&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1836999325668258151\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The families of those who were injured have also been notified, Fennessey said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;We&#8217;ll be here for our families, we&#8217;ll be here for our firefighters,&#8221; he said. &#8220;This is the beginning of a long road for many of our firefighters in our fire department.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"gnt_ar_b_mt\">Airport Fire 42% contained<\/h2>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The firefighters had just finished a 12-hour shift fighting the Airport Fire, which has ravaged tens of thousands of acres in Riverside and Orange counties.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_img\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/gcdn\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2024\/09\/10\/USAT\/75155431007-20240910-t-010256-z-92457007-rc-2-cx-9-afqinu-rtrmadp-3-usawildfires.JPG?width=660&amp;height=440&amp;fit=crop&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp\" srcset=\"\/gcdn\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2024\/09\/10\/USAT\/75155431007-20240910-t-010256-z-92457007-rc-2-cx-9-afqinu-rtrmadp-3-usawildfires.JPG?width=1320&amp;height=880&amp;fit=crop&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp 2x\" alt=\"An aerial tanker combats the Airport Fire, a wildfire burning in the hills of Orange County, California, U.S., September 9, 2024. 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From there, dry, hot weather fueled the fire&#8217;s spread.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>8 California firefighters injured in freeway rollover after battling Airport Fire Six firefighters required treatment at local trauma centers, while two others were reported to be in stable condition at a nearby hospital. Eight California firefighters who were part of a crew returning from a shift\u00a0fighting the Airport Fire\u00a0in Orange County were injured late Thursday 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