2 Firefighters Injured After Firetruck Loses Control on Way to Emergency and Flips into Side of Building

“I heard a loud explosion,” said an employee at a restaurant next door to the crash

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  • Two firefighters were hurt after a rollover crash involving a fire engine in Sunland, Calif., on Tuesday, May 19
  • Fire officials said the firetruck was responding to a structural fire when the incident occurred
  • No one else was injured in the crash, and an investigation is ongoing

Two firefighters were injured when a fire truck crashed into the side of a building while on its way to an emergency in Southern California.

On Tuesday, May 19, around 6:45 p.m. local time, a video obtained by ABC affiliate KABC showed the fire engine lose control and roll over into an H&R Block at 10500 North McVine Avenue in Sunland, a neighborhood of Los Angeles. The vehicle damaged two parked cars and landed on top of a third vehicle, according to the report.

“I heard like a loud explosion, and then I actually felt like a little tremble, like it shook,” an employee from the Panda Express next door told the outlet…

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