Rural/Metro assistant chief injured in wreck while responding to fire caused by space heater
TUCSON, Ariz. An assistant chief with Rural-Metro Fire Department was injured in a car wreck in Tucson yesterday morning while responding to a house fire.
Assistant Chief Shane Clark was transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.Clark was driving in an unmarked car with its lights and siren on. He was inching through an intersection when a 1993 Chevy Camaro hit his car.The driver -- 17-year-old Trevor Davis -- suffered minor injuries.Davis was cited for failure to yield to an emergency vehicle and for traveling at unreasonable speeds.Clark is expected to make a full recovery.No one was injured in the house fire Clark was responding to. The fire destroyed a mobile home and caused 25-thousand dollars worth of damage.The fire was caused by a space heater.___Fire departments take risks any time an alarm is sounded. I think the smoke shutoff power strip would reduce the number of calls and fires if space heaters were shut off at the first sign of smoke.
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