(Breaking news) Firefighter injured in Indian Head blaze

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

A Potomac Heights volunteer firefighter was hospitalized early this morning after being burned in a two-alarm townhouse fire.

About 50 firefighters responded at 2:38 a.m. to the Indian Head home at 19 Fairhill Lane, where three floors were ablaze, according to Potomac Heights Volunteer Fire Department Chief Brian Phillips.

The 22-year-old firefighter was injured when embers fell on his back, Phillips said.

The five-year department veteran was treated for second-degree burns at the Washington Hospital Center and released later Wednesday morning, according to the fire chief.

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