VIDEO/PHOTOS: A Durham firefighter who suffered serious burns on Friday while battling a large blaze said he has been told by multiple people they can't believe he is alive.
According to the Durham Fire Department, two firefighters were injured around 4 p.m. Friday while battling a house fire on South Bend Drive. As firefighters entered the home, the roof collapsed, injuring two of them. Donald Dixon, one of the firefighters, was taken to the hospital with burns. The other was treated on site.
Emergency crews said they witnessed a woman escaping the burning house by jumping out a window, but all residents inside the home made it outside before the roof collapsed.
During a search of the house, a roof collapsed on Dixon, setting his gear on fire and melting his thermal imager and radio.