St. Louis firefighters had to rescue one of their own after he fell through a roof into flames in an attic Sunday morning.
The fire captain sustained first and second-degree burns on his face and hands. He was recovering at a hospital Sunday, according to Capt. Garon Mosby, spokesman for the St. Louis Fire Department.
“He’s being kept overnight for further observation,” Mosby said. “He’s talking and in very good spirits.”
St. Louis firefighters were first called to the fire in the 2700 block of Bacon Street about 11 a.m. They found a two-story, two-family townhouse structure in the Jeff-Vander-Lou neighborhood ablaze, Mosby said.