A firefighter with the Orange Fire Department was taken to the hospital Wednesday night after a tire exploded on an 18 wheeler. The driver of the big rig had pulled over on Highway 62 in Orange County because his tire was on fire. The tire exploded as first responders arrived on the scene. A firefighter with the Orange Fire Department was taken to a hospital in Orange with non life threatening injuries. Deputy Chief Jerry Ziller tells said that a piece of flying debris hit the firefighter in the chest. Ziller says he was expected to be treated and released from the hospital. EMS crews treated an officer with the Precinct Two Constable’s Office for minor cuts to his face from the tire explosion.
