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Ala. firefighter injured in apartment blaze

The firefighter was treated at the hospital after a beam fell on him

By Erin Edgemon
The Alabama Media Group

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — A large Saturday afternoon apartment fire in Huntsville displaced nine people and injured a firefighter.

Eight units of the apartment complex located on Laurelwood Lane were damaged by fire, smoke and water, WHNT reported. Six of the units were occupied by eight adults and one child.

A firefighter was injured by a falling beam and was treated for minor injuries at Huntsville Hospital.

A resident reported he was cooking dinner when he “saw smoke and a flash,” the news station reported. He then saw his couch was on fire.

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