A Cheney firefighter remains in critical condition at Saint Francis Hospital Monday night, after collapsing while fighting a grass fire near the Kingman-Sedgwick County line. The fire department is asking for your support - for now, just in prayers. The firefighter's name isn't being released at the moment, since he's still in very critical condition. Cheney Fire Chief Brad Ewy says he collapsed on scene after suffering a stroke. The Cheney Fire Department was fighting a controlled burn that rekindled Sunday afternoon.
"We could see flames that were probably 10 feet high," said Crystal Fox, a neighbor in the area.
Then something else went wrong.
"We had a fireman that collapsed on the scene. He went unresponsive," Ewy said.
Neighbors helping with fighting the fire, did notice something was off.
"He just seemed kind of out of it. We didn't know if it was heat because of the heavy gear they have to wear, or what, but we just we could just tell something wasn't quite right," Fox said. We alerted the fire department, and that's when the firefighter collapsed," she said.