Seven of 9 firefighters injured when a truck’s gas tank exploded have been launched from a hospital, a Los Angeles Fireplace Division spokesman stated Friday.
The 2 firefighters who had been most significantly injured remained hospitalized, Capt. Erik Scott stated in a video replace on social media.
7 LA FIREFIGHTERS INJURED AFTER TRUCK’S FUEL TANK EXPLODES
One was in steady however crucial situation at Los Angeles Normal Medical Middle’s burn unit and the opposite remained admitted for commentary at Harbor-UCLA Medical Middle, Scott stated.
Firefighters reply to a truck explosion in Los Angeles on Feb. 15, 2024. (KABC by way of AP)
The launched firefighters will proceed to obtain remedy for accidents together with burns, blunt trauma, shrapnel wounds and results on their listening to, Scott stated.
The blast occurred minutes after the firefighters responded to a report of a truck fireplace within the Wilmington space close to the Port of Los Angeles.
Authorities stated the truck was powered by compressed pure fuel and considered one of its two 100-gallon gas tanks blew up.
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The opposite tank remained within the mangled wreckage however is believed to now be empty, stated division spokesman Nicholas Prange. An in depth investigation is underway.