WEYMOUTH, MASS. (WHDH) - A firefighter was injured Tuesday after falling from a ladder while battling a blaze in Weymouth, officials said.
Crews responding to an apartment complex on Pond Street around 1:30 p.m. were greeted by heavy smoke and fire inside a first-floor residence, according to the Weymouth Fire Department.
As crews battled the blaze, a firefighter suffered a leg injury when he was knocked to the ground by a hose that was being moved, 7’s Jonathan Hall reports.
The firefighter, whose name has not been released, was taken to South Shore Hospital. He was said to be conscious and alert.
All residents were safely evacuated but the building owner suffered minor injuries.
Investigators say the owner was making plumbing repairs when insulation caught fire in a bathroom and sparked the blaze.
Three of the 12 apartments in the complex were deemed uninhabitable due to severe fire damage. The Red Cross is assisting those who were displaced.
The building suffered an estimated $350,000 in damage.
Weymouth FF is being treated at South Shore Hospital for a leg injury after a moving hose knocked him off of a ladder in the later stages of a fire on Pond Street at an apartment building. He was conscious and alert and should be ok. pic.twitter.com/ZXjK0bvtaP
— Jonathan Hall (@JHall7news) December 18, 2018
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