A firefighter was injured Thursday while battling a blaze that consumed a house near Gilbertsville and drew firefighters from 10 companies in Montgomery and Berks counties, a fire chief said.
The firefighter, whose name wasn't released, was taken by ambulance to Pottstown Memorial Medical Center after he suffered a head injury when he was hit by a section of fire hose, Chief Rick Smith of Gilbertsville Fire & Rescue Company said. The firefighter was being evaluated, Smith said.
The three occupants who were in the home - at 560 Congo Road in Douglass Township, Montgomery County, about 3 miles from the Berks line - escaped safely after discovering the detached garage was on fire shortly before 9:30 a.m., Smith said. The fire spread to the adjacent home, which was fully aflame when the first crews arrived, he said.
"Once it burned through the vinyl siding it crawled up the side of the house and up onto the roof," Smith said.