Update: Levittown Patch reports the firefighter fell from a third-story roof and was in stable condition Saturday night. A second firefighter was transported after suffering chest pains.
By Julie Shaw
The Philadelphia Inquirer
PHILADELPHIA — A Bucks County firefighter was reportedly injured after falling through the roof of a home in Bensalem while battling a Saturday morning blaze.
Firefighters responded to the house on the 1100 block of Tennis Avenue, where heavy black smoke spiraled into the air, about 9:10 a.m. The fire was put under control in about half an hour, a Bucks County dispatcher said.
The dispatcher said one person was taken to Aria Health’s Torresdale hospital in Philadelphia, but did not have further details.
A report by 6ABC said a firefighter with the Nottingham Fire Company who was battling the blaze fell through the roof as it collapsed. The TV station said the male firefighter was the one rushed to the hospital. It also reported that a second person was injured but treated at the scene, and that the occupants of the house made it out safely.
A firefighter who answered the phone at the Nottingham Fire Company, one of several volunteer units that serve Bensalem, said he could not confirm whether a firefighter with the company had been injured. Calls left with the Bensalem Police Department, which is investigating, were not immediately returned.
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