A routine pre-dawn fire call in Covington turned into the kind of close call firefighters train for but hope never to see. Early Saturday, three Covington firefighters were briefly separated inside a burning structure when part of the ceiling gave way, trapping one of them in falling debris, officials said.
Crews arrived just before 4 a.m. and began working the fire when the collapse forced teams to pull back from the building. One firefighter was taken to Baptist Tipton for evaluation and was later released with no injuries, according to officials. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
According to FOX13 Memphis, the collapse briefly separated two firefighters from the rest of the crew, while falling debris pinned another until colleagues were able to reach and free them. Mutual aid companies from the Brighton, Three Star, Gilt Edge, and Garland fire departments responded to help with searches and to chase down lingering hotspots. Everyone on scene was accounted for as emergency responders quickly checked the injured firefighter…