51-year-old firefighter Stanley Wilson died after becoming lost while battling a six-alarm fire. The fire began to rage out of control around 3 a.m. Tuesday morning. Over 100 firefighters were called to the scene.
The trapped firefighter was battling a fire at the Hearthwood North Condominiums in North East Dallas.
"When firefighters arrived at the location, there was a lot of smoke coming from the roof of a three story condominium. An offensive fire attack was initially attempted, but the fire was growing too quickly and caused them to have to move out for a defensive attack," the Dallas Fire Department said in a CNN report.
NBCDFW.com says that Wilson was a 28-year veteran of the Dallas fire department. His fellow firefighters got a radio call from Wilson saying he was trapped and did not know where he was. That was the last time they heard from trapped firefighter Stanley Wilson.
Wilson's body was recovered from the rubble around 9:15 this morning. His fellow firefighters lined up, removed their helmets and saluted as Wilson's body was draped with an American flag and loaded into an ambulance.
Two other firefighters were injured during the six-alarm blaze, they are expected to recover, says dallasnews.com. The cause of Stanley Wilson's death is being investigated.
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