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PHOTOS: Two firefighters were injured Wednesday morning while battling a massive fire at a vacant apartment complex on the North Side.

The fire started just after 5:30 a.m. at the Sante Fe Apartments off Blanco Road near Gilbert Lane, prompting a three-alarm response involving approximately 150 firefighters and additional support crews.

San Antonio Fire Department spokesperson Joe Arrington said firefighters arrived to find heavy flames inside the boarded-up apartment complex and had to force their way into the building.

While searching the building, one firefighter fell through a section of the floor that had been weakened by the flames.

“They were sounding the floor, making sure it was solid. And as they were sounding, it is when it collapsed underneath them,” Arrington said. “Fortunately, the whole crew didn’t go in. It was just one firefighter, and they were able to get a ladder to get him out pretty quickly.”

KEYE-TV CBS 42 Austin

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