Firefighters rescued the injured driver of a car who plunged down a steep embankment overnight near Watershed Park in Olympia. Police and emergency crews responded to the scene, at 22nd Avenue SE and Boundary Street SE, at about 9 p.m. Monday after receiving reports of a vehicle going over the embankment.
- PUB DATE: 12/6/2016 8:01:12 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio firefighter has been shot and wounded while on the scene of a house fire.

It happened late Monday night in Youngstown, about 75 miles southeast of Cleveland.

Police tell WKBN-TV that the firefighter was responding to a house fire in the city at the time of the shooting.

Police have not released the name or condition of the firefighter.

No arrests have been made.

The investigation is ongoing.

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