Firefighter Injured In Rancho Cordova Blaze
RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif. (AP) -- Authorities say a veteran Sacramento firefighter is hospitalized with a serious back injury after falling from a roof of a home while battling a fire.
A Sacramento Fire Department spokesman says Capt. Gene Dibble suffered a fracture to his lower spine in the fall around 9 p.m. Saturday.
Spokesman Jonathan Burgess told The Sacramento Bee that Dibble is expected to recover from his injury without paralysis.
Dibble has been with the department for 24 years.
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