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Chief Brian Fennessy of the Orange County Fire Authority said
the truck overturned on the California State Route 241 just
north of Portola Hills.
The vehicle was transporting a ground crew after a 12-hour shift
fighting a massive wildfire in Orange County called the Airport
Fire. A ladder in the road caused the truck to swerve, strike a
guard rail and overturn, Fennessy said.
At least one firefighter was flown by helicopter with others
transported by ambulance to hospitals.
“All of our crews that were involved are going through a formal
critical incident stress debriefing at our headquarters right
now,” Fennessy said. “You can only imagine how traumatic it is
for their brother and sister firefighter to see them injured
like that on the freeway.”
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