BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — As firefighters were battling a fully engulfed trailer fire, firefighters had to dodge an oncoming vehicle on Highway 99 early Sunday morning.
According to Kern County Fire Department officials, firefighters were dispatched to a semi-truck fire on Highway 99 near David Road around 12:09 a.m.
A firefighter noticed a vehicle hurtling toward him at the scene while standing by a fire engine.
The firefighter quickly threw himself against a fire engine and managed to move most of his body out of the way. The firefighter suffered non-life-threatening injuries, according to fire officials.
Fire officials told 17 News that the firefighter had been taken to the hospital and was scheduled to return to full duty when he fully recovered.
Witnesses told the highway patrol that the suspect vehicle was possibly a white Chevrolet sedan, the model year of which is unknown.
