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Phoenix firefighter burned, falls from roof

The firefighter suffered a minor burn; other firefighters rescued a woman from the home

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PHOENIX — A fire broke out early this morning near 11th and Polk Streets. And as the fire crew struggled to escape the home that was engulfed in flames, a Phoenix firefighter was injured. Dramatic video shows a group of firefighters racing to get down this roof as flames overcome the downtown Phoenix home.

“While the ladder company was exiting the roof, a large volume of fire coming out of the hole they had cut as well as side of the roof and one of our firefighters sustained an injury,” said Mike Billingsley, a Captain with the Phoenix Fire Department.

The firefighters were trying to ventilate the building for crews working below.

Full story: Phoenix firefighter suffers burns, falls from burning home during early morning blaze