KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Two firefighters with the Fort Osage Fire Protection District were injured in grass blaze near Sibley and Buckner, Missouri on Friday afternoon.
In a press release, the Fort Osage Fire Protection District, said the fire was first reported at around 2:17 p.m. in the 31000 block of east Blue Mills road.
The fire started from an illegal burn at a shed and quickly spread to about two to three acres.
While working the fire, a Fort Osage fire crew was working in a brush truck when they became surrounded by heavy smoke. Crews called for "May Day" as they escaped the smoke.
One of the two firefighters alerted dispatchers and colleagues that he and his partner were burned and needed help.
"Me and (name withheld) are burnt," the firefighters says over his radio as recorded on a Broadcastify feed. "We're at a house on Blue Mills Road."
The dispatcher asks the firefighter if he is injured.
"Yeah and we're going to need an ambulance for (name withheld),'' the Broadcastify feed revealed.
One firefighter was in serious condition Friday night at a hospital.
No word on the condition of the firefighter who called for help.
A fire commander is heard on the Broadcastify feed telling the men "to get yourselves to safety," and ordered two ambulances and other firefighters to help the two injured by the fire.
The blaze spread across about 15 acres. It destroyed several structures and a brush truck, before being put out at around 4 p.m.
Firefighters from other agencies in Jackson County helped battle the fire.
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