OMAHA, Neb. (KMTV) — The Omaha Fire Department fought a large fire at the vacant Legacy Crossing apartment complex near 104th and Fort Streets on Monday afternoon.
Assistant Fire Marshal Joseph Caniglia told 3 News Now that two firefighters were injured. One was taken to the hospital and the other was treated on the scene and went back to work. He described both firefighter injuries as "minor."
The fire was reported at 1:31 p.m. Monday afternoon by property management. It is considered a three-alarm fire, which means that ultimately about seven engines, four trucks, two medic squads and three chiefs responded to the fire, according to Omaha dispatchers. Caniglia said that, as of about 3:30 p.m., there were approximately 70 firefighters on the scene and OPPD was working to shut the power off.
The windy conditions, Caniglia says, make fires harder to battle. He also said that the building being unoccupied may have affected how long it took for the fire to be reported.
Caniglia says the fire is being contained to the north side of the structure because of a firewall.
A KMTV crew is on the scene.
Late last year Legacy Crossing residents were forced to move out of the property after it was condemned.
"It's a vacant structure so it's hard to tell when it got called in, the property manager called it in, so that probably made it worse, the time that we were notified that there actually was a fire in this location," said Caniglia.
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