2 firefighters killed in NC millworks fire
SALISBURY, N.C. (AP) - March 7, 2008 "One was dead on arrival and one died here this morning," said
Michael Burton, a spokesman at Rowan Regional Medical Center.
Burton said two other firefighters injured in Friday's blaze at
Salisbury Millworks were being treated for first and second degree
burns. He said doctors don't consider their injuries to be severe.
Burton said one other injured firefighter was sent to North
Carolina Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem for treatment. Officials
there declined to comment.
Firefighters responded to the fire shortly after receiving a 911
call around 7 a.m. Departments from across the county north of
Charlotte were called to fight the blaze, the Salisbury Post
reported.