UPDATE on Electrocuted Firefighters from FirefighterCloseCalls: 4 Firefighters with the Campbellsville (Taylor County, KY) FD were shocked with one being critical, while helping the Campbellsville University marching band with an ALS ice bucket challenge this morning. 2 of the injured firefighters are being treated at and will be released from a Campbellsville hospital today. The other two firefighters were transported to University of Louisville Hospital. One of them is in critical condition and the other is in fair condition. In critical condition from burns at University of Louisville Hospital is Captain Tony Grider and Firefighter Simon Quinn is in fair condition-who were reportedly in the bucket. The other Captain and Firefighter who were on the ground, were treated and released. At the conclusion of the event, as the firefighters were preparing the rig for their return to quarters, an arc occurred between the power lines and the firefighters in the bucket. The two firefighters on the ground were slightly hurt from the electrical shock but were able to lower the bucket and get to the more seriously injured firefighters. Other reports are that the incident happened when the bucket actually touched power lines. Either way, power went out across a wide portion of the Campbellsville area, affecting about 4,500 customers...and at least one Firefighter is fighting for his life. It happened around 1145 hours this morning right outside the universitys football and baseball facilities. The band students were moving away from the truck and the area, CU band director Jennifer Tinnell stated, and I was standing at the fire truck thanking the [firefighters] for helping us out in this. Out of nowhere, we heard a huge explosion, and at the same time saw sparks coming from the rear of the fire truck and just a lot of electricity that shot straight up to the bucket ladder. Tinnell said several firefighters were in the bucket at the time. A short amount of time after that, there was another strike of it, and everything was stopped and called in for rescue and help at that point, Tinnell added. Only firefighters were injured in this tragic accident.
Posted on: Fri, 22 Aug 2014 01:01:24 +0000
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