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Firefighter hurt while battling factory blaze

Adam Schuller collapsed while helping crews extinguish a fire at Precision Technologies

By FireRescue1 Staff

ANGOLA, Ind. — A firefighter collapsed Monday while battling a massive fire at a factory.

WANE reported that several fire departments responded to the blaze at Precision Technologies, and officials said the flames were coming out of the roof when they arrived.

Firefighter Adam Schuller collapsed while extinguishing the flames, and was carried away from the building by several colleagues.

Schuller was transported to the hospital; he suffered a knee injury, but is OK.

Firefighters controlled the fire in about an hour, but the factory sustained heavy damage. The cause is still under investigation.

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