(Griswold, Iowa) – A firefighter from Griswold was injured Friday afternoon, when debris fell on him during a partial building collapse in Griswold.

According to the Cass County Sheriff’s Office, an emergency vehicle was responding to a house fire with a person trapped inside, when the vehicle struck an open side storage panel door on the Griswold Fire and Rescue Building, that the driver did not see. The door broke free, causing a collapse of the furthest east bay of the building.

Griswold Fire & Rescue bldg. prior to bay door damage (Photo from Sept. 2020 Griswold F&R Facebook page)

Another responding fireman was knocked to the ground by the debris, which also apparently struck the bumper of a vehicle parked next to the building.

The unidentified, injured fireman was taken to Cass County Memorial Hospital.