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By Deseret Morning News (Salt Lake City)
PHILADELPHIA — Five firefighters battling a row house fire Monday suffered electric shocks when the ladder on their fire truck hit overhead power lines.
All five were taken to hospitals. Two remained hospitalized in stable condition late Monday afternoon with electricity burns.
The five were on the ground and were near or touching the truck at the time of the freak mishap, Deputy Fire Commissioner Ernest Hargett said.