Firefighters Work Condo Blaze

Saturday, September 10, 2022 at 1:53 PM

By Scott McCaulley @smcckc

Firefighters battle a blaze early Friday morning at a condominium complex. (Photo from Branson Professional Firefighters Local 152)

Three Branson Fire Units respond to a condominium fire early Friday morning.

According to a Facebook Post from the Branson Professional Firefighters Local 152 and reporting from Ozarks First, units responded to the fire around 2:30 am on Green Mountain Drive after a Branson Police saw the fire. Companies found the fire well involved in an exterior stairwell that partially collapsed. One occupant was evacuated from the building and one firefighter was taken to the hospital due to possible heat exhaustion.

Crews operated on the scene for just over two hours with the cause of the fire is still under investigation.

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