A Chelsea firefighter was injured Thursday when a fire hose that caught under a passing car dragged him as he tried to attach the hose to a hydrant, reports The Boston Globe (http://bit.ly/1yq5tl9)
About 2:30 p.m., Chelsea fire officials responded to a call for a building fire on Library Street, said Deputy Fire Chief John Quatieri.
In an attempt to quell a stove fire that started in a kitchen at the four-family residence, a firefighter was positioned on nearby Broadway Street to connect a hose to a hydrant, Quatieri said.
“While he was hooking up to the hydrant, a car running down Broadway got hooked on the hose line and drove down the street,” Quatieri said. “It knocked the firefighter off his feet. . . . He was dragged several feet down the highway until he was able to get free.”
The firefighter was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital with some road-rash burns and a knee injury, Quatieri said.
