Dallas Firefighter Injured Battling 2-Alarm Blaze At Commercial Building – CBS Dallas / Fort Worth

May 21, 2020 at 7:11 am

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DALLAS COUNTY (CBSDFW.COM) – Dallas Fire Rescue crews responded to a 2-alarm fire at a vacant commercial building Wednesday night.

It happened around 11:00 p.m. on Composite Drive in the northwest part of the city.

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Firefighters arrived to find smoke coming from the one-story building. The fire quickly spread and sent flames shooting from the roof.

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Dozens of firefighters worked to put out the flames. One of those first-responders sustained a non life-threatening burn and was taken to a local hospital to be checked out. He is expected to be okay.

No one else at the site was injured.

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Investigators are still working to find the cause of the fire.