South Carolina Firefighter Critical After Apartment Fire

SConFire is reporting that a Murrell's Inlet-Garden City firefighter was transported to a local hospital in cardiac arrest from an apartment fire this afternoon.

The Sun-News reported that the firefighter originally had heat exhaustion.

Both sources report that the ambulance transporting the firefighter had a police escort.

No other information has been made available at this time.

I hope that this firefighter recovers. My thoughts and prayers are with Chief Knight and his firefighters at this difficult time.

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Permalink Reply by Ben Waller on June 11, 2011 at 11:19am

Good news! As updated yesterday, the firefighter in question is now in stable condition at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston.

For a firefighter with post-cardiac arrest secondary to extreme heat stress and dehydration, this is good to hear.