Eight California firefighters were injured in a severe highway crash when their truck swerved to avoid a ladder in the road on California State Route 241.

The firefighters had been battling the massive Airport Fire​ before eight were seriously injured in a rollover crash on a freeway in Orange County, officials said.

Eight firefighters were injured when the fire truck they were driving in rolled over as it returned from battling the Airport Fire wildfire in Southern California.

Eight firefighters battling the Airport Fire were hurt, six critically, Thursday evening in Irvine, California when a firetruck rolled over as they returned from working to contain the wildfire.

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CHP investigators told KCAL that the fire utility truck and a vehicle in front of it swerved because of a ladder in the road. The fire truck then collided with a nearby guard rail and overturned, KCAL reported. Officers told KCAL the firefighters had been battling the Airport fire earlier in the day.

Eight firefighters were hurt -- including two critically -- when the fire truck they were in rolled over while returning from a 12-hour shift battling the Airport Fire wildfire, one of several large blazes raging in Southern California,

The firefighters had just finished a 12-hour shift fighting the Airport fire, which has charred thousands of acres of wildland in Orange and Riverside counties over the last several days, when the

Eight firefighters were seriously hurt when a fire truck crashed and rolled over near Irvine, Calif. Thursday night. Video from the scene shows the mass casualty response. The Orange County Fire Authority truck and another vehicle in front of it had to swerve to avoid a ladder on State Route 241 in the Portola Springs area,