Firefighter Treated For Heat Exhaustion
POSTED: Wednesday, July 1, 2009
UPDATED: 2:23 pm EDT July 1,2009
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. -- A firefighter with Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue who was helping to extinguish a house fire in Hallandale Beach was taken to a hospital on Wednesday afternoon.
According to the Broward Sheriff's Office, the man is among a group of Broward County firefighters who were helping Hallandale Beach Fire Rescue to combat a fire at a home near Northwest Fifth Street and Northwest Fifth Avenue.
BSO said the firefighter was taken to Memorial Regional Hospital for treatment of heat exhaustion.
No further details were immediately available.
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