FAST FACTS:
(Memphis 6/11/2010) - Four Memphis firefighters were taken to the hospital during a house fire in Midtown this morning. Each received an electrical shock while trying to extinguish the fire.
Three of the firemen were taken to Methodist Central hospital to be checked out; the fourth was taken to the Regional Medical Center with minor burns. All are expected to make full recoveries.
As for the people inside the home in the 2000 block of Elzey Ave., both were able to escape their burning home. Their dog was killed. We're told the homeowners did have candles burning at the time of the fire, but fire investigators have not yet determined whether those caused the fire.
Firefighters say one major challenge in putting out this fire was that the home, like many in the Cooper-Young area, is from the 1920s and isn't equipped with the modern technology newer homes have to prevent the spread of fire.
"It was a type structure built in the early twenties thirties in which you have no fire wall. So consequently once the fire got in the wall it went straight to the attic," said Division Chief Henry Posey
- Memphis firefighters receive electrical shocks while battling fire
- Taken to hospital for checkup
- Homeowner's dog killed in fire
(Memphis 6/11/2010) - Four Memphis firefighters were taken to the hospital during a house fire in Midtown this morning. Each received an electrical shock while trying to extinguish the fire.
Three of the firemen were taken to Methodist Central hospital to be checked out; the fourth was taken to the Regional Medical Center with minor burns. All are expected to make full recoveries.
As for the people inside the home in the 2000 block of Elzey Ave., both were able to escape their burning home. Their dog was killed. We're told the homeowners did have candles burning at the time of the fire, but fire investigators have not yet determined whether those caused the fire.
Firefighters say one major challenge in putting out this fire was that the home, like many in the Cooper-Young area, is from the 1920s and isn't equipped with the modern technology newer homes have to prevent the spread of fire.
"It was a type structure built in the early twenties thirties in which you have no fire wall. So consequently once the fire got in the wall it went straight to the attic," said Division Chief Henry Posey
