Firefighter Hit by Vehicle 2016

The northern portions of Oklahoma saw several fires break out Thursday. Washington County fire crews battled a large fire in the Wann area. And in Nowata County, fires broke out along Highways 169 and 60. One firefighter is recovering after troopers say a man hit him while driving through the smoke. The firefighter, working the scene with the Centralia Fire Department, was trying to pull some hose and was struck by a driver going through the fire scene. The firefighter was airlifted to an area hospital in Tulsa with a broken leg. The firefighter is expected to be OK.

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