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Mo. firefighters treated after pumper catches fire

The Associated Press

ST. LOUIS — Four St. Louis firefighters were treated for smoke inhalation at a hospital after their fire truck ignited inside their engine house, they said.

It happened around 4 a.m. Sunday at Engine House 24.

Darian Benford said he was on watch duty, while other firefighters slept. They had returned from a call about an hour earlier. He smelled smoke and found the engine of their pumper truck was on fire, he said.

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