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Caught on video: Collapse at house fire injures Tennessee firefighter.

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This is from a fire Tuesday in South Knox County, Tennessee.

WBIR-TV:

An East Tennessee firefighter is out of the hospital and back home recovering.

On Tuesday, Rural/Metro firefighter Brian Pratts was part of a crew battling a house fire in South Knox County. While working to remove a window, part of the home’s brick facade collapsed on top of him.

“I was laying there, pretty well stunned in that area,” Pratts remembers. “I didn’t lose consciousness but I was definitely dazed. They get me and drug me to a safe area at which time the ambulance crew was waiting to assess me and transport me to UT.”

Pratts underwent surgery Tuesday night on a broken foot. He also broke his thumb and tore several tendons in his foot. 

Must see video: House falls apart during fire in Benton Harbor, Michigan.

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This is video posted to YouTube by Mark Parren of a fire on Thursday in the 800 block of Pavone in Benton Harbor, Michigan.

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Must see video: Firefighters have close call from house collapse. Videographer has a YouTube moment.

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"Hey Mike, I've got a YouTube moment". Those are the words of the person shooting the video of this house fire (I have no clue where or when it occurred) as the two story structure buckled and fell into a pile a rubble (about 2:52 on the video) . He had a YouTube moment but the firefighter who apparently posted this video and wrote the description (fireeater294) claims he and a rookie had a close call when it all came tumbling down. The firefighter wrote they went defensive from the start and protected exposures. The firefighter says when the rookie showed up on the scene he showed the rookie a few things as they fought the fire from the outside.

After assessing the building I knew within a certain time frame the building would eventually collapse on its own weight and thought I can show him a few more things or fight more fire before we would back up and fight the fire from a safe distance. We were positioned between the single story house and the two story apartment/shed. We had about 5 to 6 feet between the structures to work. When the Building came down we fell against the single story house and escaped following the wall to where smoke cleared and we could check each other out.

Collapse of Sunset Beach, California home caught on video. Fire heavily damages exposures. Stuntman helps woman escape.

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The chopper video above shows the collapse of a Pacific Coast Highway home in Sunset Beach, California during a fire on Thursday afternoon. News reports indicate the fire started from a grill being used on a deck.

Here is an excerpt from a KCOP-TV article:

One firefighter slipped and fell on the roof, hit a ledge and was taken to Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian with injuries to his rib cage.

The resident suffered smoke inhalation and was hospitalized in unknown condition today.

Huntington Beach and Fountain Valley firefighters joined the Orange County Fire Authority to battle the flames, (Orange County Fire Authority Captain Greg) McKeown said.

The video above was shot early in the fire by a member of a production crew working on a TV pilot a few doors from where the fire broke out. Other members of the crew were on Side A and shot video, some of which is in the story below. 

Someone who was insensitive and lacked taste would write a headline for that story that reads "Wife beater makes rescue at fire". But we won't do that at STATter911.com. You will understand the reference after you hear the soundbite from the stuntman who braved the smoke to get a woman out of one of the exposures.