Firefighters battled flames and high temperatures during a house fire Saturday afternoon in west Payson that left two firefighters with heat-related injuries.
It appears a fire started on the deck of a large, two-story home in the 300 block of North Antelope Point around noon, according to a Payson Fire Department battalion chief.
The occupant of the home reported hearing a noise on the back porch and when he went outside saw flames. He called 911 and safely got out of the home, the official said.
An off-duty Payson firefighter in the area heard the first alarm tone on his pager and got to the home first. Additional firefighters arrived, but the fire was already well established, working its way quickly up to the attic, the official said. A second alarm was called and firefighters began to attack the fire from the outside since it was too dangerous to go inside the burning structure.