A local firefighter is hospitalized after battling a fire at an abandoned house in Vanderburgh County. The fire broke out around 8 p.m. Wednesday along Old Henderson Rd. and Beaver Creek Rd. near Bayou Creek. No one was inside the house at the time of the fire, but one firefighter suffered a heart attack at the scene. Authorities on scene tell 44News, that firefighter is stable and expected to be ok.