On august 14 2011 a 41 year old career lieutenant died after falling through a roof and being trapped in an attic.
Morris munoz firefighter fall through roof.
He opened his valve a little too quickly and he fell over off onto the roof from the roof to the ground he said.
The lieutenant was part of a two man crew attempting to perform vertical ventilation of a two story multi family apartment complex.
He was taken to methodist hospital in serious condition.
The contractors were getting their building materials delivered and placed on the roof of the home on the 1800 block of greenwood avenue when it collapsed shortly before 9 a m.
Fire department spokesman agapito martinez said that the firefighter was on the roof over the garage to ventilate when the roof collapsed and the firefighter fell through.
That firefighter was venting an area believed to be safe.
However flames in an attic space below him led to a collapse.
A fort worth firefighter was rescued by his colleagues after a roof collapsed on him during a vacant house blaze that also sent another firefighter to the hospital with burns.
None of the residents who were home at the time.
A firefighter was injured when a two alarm fire broke out in a three story apartment building early wednesday in the mount hope section of the bronx officials said.
Sep 9th 2020.
Ifd now says the firefighter is alert and talking.
Butler a borough firefighter was seriously injured monday night when he fell off a roof while battling a fire and broke his pelvis police said.
The fire department had responded to multiple fires over the years at this apartment complex.
Ifd says that the firefighter fell through the roof of the home s porch.