Fire ripped through a barn early Sunday morning near Dover and several fire companies responded to the blaze including a volunteer unit whose fire truck had to be freed from an embankment on their way to the scene.
Firefighters got into an accident while responding to an early morning fire in Kent County, Delaware just before 4:30 a.m. Sunday.
The Leipsic Fire Company's fire truck dipped into an embankment while responding to a barn fire in the 2100 block of East Denneys Road.
The engine tried to get around a tanker on the one-lane roadway when it rolled down into a ditch.
The fire truck's driver, 72-year-old John Burkett, was taken to the hospital for observation, but no injuries were reported.
The Leipsic Fire Company has two fire trucks.
Leipsic, Cheswold, Smyrna, Little Creek -- all volunteer fire companies -- responded to the barn fire, which housed equipment.
The full extent of the damage to the fire apparatus is not yet known.
