3 Dallas Firefighters Hospitalized After Apartment Blast Upgraded From 'Critical' To 'Serious' Condition
"All three continue to make progress with their respective injuries," Dallas Fire-Rescue spokesman Jason Evans said Monday.
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"All three continue to make progress with their respective injuries," Dallas Fire-Rescue spokesman Jason Evans said Monday.
Two men and one woman remained hospitalized Thursday in Dallas' Parkland Burn Center. They are three of four firefighters injured after a suspected gas leak and explosion at the Highland Hills Apartments.
Sources told CBS 11 that two of the three firefighters are still hospitalized in intensive care with significant second-degree burns.
As the investigation into what happened at the Highland Hills apartment complex Wednesday, Sept. 29, got underway, residents who were inside told CBS 11 was they saw and heard inside.
When firefighters arrived at the Wood Meadow Apartments, near the Dallas Athletic Club, they saw heavy fire coming through the roof of one of the 3-story units.
David Leos, who died of COVID-19 on Sept. 2, had just celebrated his 40th anniversary with Dallas Fire-Rescue in August.
The fire is burning in a commercial building on Denton Drive in Northwest Dallas, not far from I-35 and between Walnut Hill Lane and Royal Lane.
The Dallas Hispanic Firefighters Association shared the news on Thursday, Sept. 2. Leos is the first active-duty firefighter in Dallas to die from the virus.
"Who can sleep when it's 85, 90 degrees inside the fire station? It affects every aspect of their life without a doubt," said Jim McDade, President of the Dallas Fire Fighters Association.
Crews battled a fire at an apartment building in Northeast Dallas Friday afternoon.
Crews battled a fire at a high-rise building in Downtown Dallas Tuesday afternoon.
Dallas Fire-Rescue has its swift water rescue vehicle loaded and ready to go from Station 35 - complete with two boats hooked up to a fire-rescue truck.
Firefighters are investigating a 3-alarm apartment fire in Dallas that sent residents out into the night.
Dallas firefighters battled a 3-alarm fire at the Terrace House, a high rise at 3131 Maple Avenue near the Katy Trail on Tuesday, May 11.
Shortly after 10:00 a.m., Dallas Fire-Rescue units responded to a 911 call for a fire at a home in the 3200 block of Trezevant Street.
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A large, three-alarm fire destroyed four apartment buildings that were under construction in the Old East Dallas area Saturday evening, officials said.
More than 100 firefighters worked to put out the fire which ultimately destroyed dozens of apartment units.
There have been no injuries reported and there is no word yet on what might have started the fire.
It was around 3:00 a.m. when Dallas Fire Rescue was called to an apartment complex in the 4300 block of Rosemeade Parkway.
It was just after midnight when firefighters were called to the 3700 block of South Buckner Boulevard. Units with Dallas Fire-Rescue arrived to find flames and dark plumes of smoke rising from a tire shop.
Dallas police are searching for the person who shot a man several times shortly after midnight on February 9. Officers responded to a shooting call in the 7300 block of Pineberry Road -- a residential neighborhood.
A firefighter with Dallas Fire Rescue was injured while putting out flames at a home early Friday morning.
The call came in around 4:30 p.m. Wednesday in the 9200 block of Church Road near Skillman Street.
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