FORT BRAGG, N.C. – Eight firefighters have been injured after a fire started in a barracks under construction at a North Carolina Army base.
Fort Bragg officials said Thursday that six firefighters suffered smoke inhalation and heat exhaustion and were treated at Womack Army Medical Center. Two firefighters were transported to Cape Fear Medical Center.
The fire started Thursday morning in a three-story building under construction near the 4th Brigade Combat Team barracks.
A statement issued by the base said the fire was extinguished around 1:30 p.m., more than three hours after firefighters first arrived on the scene.