The two Houston firefighters were injured while hooking up to a hydrant at a church fire.
One suffered a fractured femur while the other broke his ankle, Deputy Chief Douglas Harrison told KPRC.
Shannon Wilson who works across the street explained: “They were connecting the hose to the fire hydrant and the truck was pulling the hose away. It kind of caught them behind the legs and knocked them down."
Harrison said an exterior only operation was initiated as heavy smoke was coming from the building. Its roof had been replaced recently.
The cause of the two-alarm fire at Christ Church Apostolic is under investigation.
Susan Nicol is the news editor for Firehouse.com. She is a life member and active with the Brunswick Volunteer Ambulance & Rescue Company, Oxford Fire Company and Brunswick Vol. Fire Co. Susie has been an EMT in Maryland since 1976. Susie is vice-president of the Frederick County Fire/Rescue Museum. She is on the executive committee of Frederick County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association. She also is part of the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIEMSS) Region II EMS Council. Susie is a board member of the American Trauma Society, Maryland Division. Prior to joining the Firehouse team, she was a staff writer for The Frederick News-Post, covering fire, law enforcement, court and legislative issues.
