Crime & Safety
2 Milwaukee Firefighters Injured In Stairway Collapse
The firefighters were taken to a local hospital after a stairwell collapsed beneath them in Brewer's Hill Thursday, fire officials said.
MILWAUKEE, WI — Two Milwaukee firefighters were taken to a local hospital after a stairwell collapsed from underneath in Brewer's Hill on Thursday, fire officials announced.
The firefighters were injured while they were battling a house fire in the 2200 block of N. 1st street around 6:41 p.m., the Milwaukee Fire Department said in a statement.
The firefighters were taken to the Froedtert Hospital emergency room with non-life-threatening injuries, officials added.
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