VIDEO/PHOTO: More than a dozen apartment units were damaged in a fire Friday morning in Birmingham.
An apartment complex caught fire at 750 Montclair Road. According to Birmingham Fire and Rescue, the fire started in one apartment before spreading to the building’s common attic space.
According to authorities, 14 units in total were damaged. Six had heavy fire damage and eight more sustained smoke and water damage.
All the residents were able to get out and no one was injured. BFRS crews were called to the scene around 8 a.m. Chief Henson said he expected crews to be there for another 2 hours.
An investigation is underway to find out what caused the fire.
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VIDEO: First responders from 12 Alabama counties gathered in Hale County Thursday night for the annual disaster drill.
Hale County EMA Director Russell Weeden said the disaster drill included actual people placed in real world scenarios to give first responders a better sense of what they could face in real disaster situations.
“It’s good for all the counties to come together and train together so when a big incident happens, and we go to another county, everybody knows everybody else and we’ll work so much smoother,” said Weeden. Weeden said this annual drill was started after Bibb County Deputy Brad Johnson was shot and killed in June of 2022. Since then, the department has created drills such as an active shooter and school bus crash to prepare first responders, as well as teachers and registered nurses.
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A person was injured after crashing the dump truck they were driving into a utility pole and causing a large fire in the process Thursday afternoon in Jefferson County.
According to Lt. Joni Money of the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to a call of a wreck around 2:07 p.m. in the area of Carson Road and Elfreth Johnson Road where a dump truck had caused a forest fire after hitting a pole. The fire reportedly covered three acres, though Money stated it’s extinguished.
Fultondale Fire and Rescue Service Capt. Brad Cantrell said his department responded to the scene to assist the Center Point Fire District with the overturned truck, where the driver was freed. The patient was subsequently airlifted to UAB Hospital in critical condition.
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