One person was killed and a firefighter was injured battling a blaze at a Mesquite apartment complex after a call for a medical emergency, authorities say....
“We had the fire get into the attic and run through the entire attic,” Mesquite fire spokesman Lt. Jon Moore told Channel 11. “The crews were without any kind of gear on, again the apartment had completely flashed. It was a lot of fire in the apartment.”A firefighter was taken to the hospital for burns, Channel 11 reported. The extent of the firefighter’s injuries weren’t clear Wednesday morning.
The Red Cross and city emergency management officials were helping the residents who were displaced from their homes, NBC5 reported. It is unclear how many residents were affected.No additional information was immediately available.. Maggie is a breaking news fellow at The Dallas Morning News. Raised in Columbus, she's a recent graduate of Ohio University, where she studied journalism and political science. Maggie previously worked at the Chicago Tribune and The Columbus Dispatch.
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