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Detroit firefighter hospitalized after fall from roof

The Detroit Free Press

DETROIT — A Detroit firefighter is in serious but stable condition at Detroit Receiving Hospital this morning after he fell off the roof of a burning vacant home overnight.
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The sergeant, with at least 15 years’ firefighting experience, suffered multiple broken bones when he fell at 8622 Dennison on Detroit’s southwest side, fire Capt. Steven Varnas said this morning.

Investigators suspect the fire, which started just after 1 a.m., was intentionally set, he said.

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