MANSFIELD, MASS. (WHDH) - Two firefighters were rushed to the hospital Saturday after being injured by a falling branch while battling a brush fire.
Crews were working to extinguish a fire in a wooded area on Cabot Boulevard when they were injured.
Mansfield Fire Chief Justin Derosiers said both are expected to be OK.
“One of them was discharged with a very minor shoulder injury, the other gentleman was transferred up to Boston Medical Center and diagnosed with a small fracture on one of his facial bones, a concussion, and some soft tissue injuries,” he told 7NEWS.
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