Eight firefighters returning from the Airport Fire were injured Thursday night in a rollover crash on a freeway in Orange County. The collision was reported around 6:45 p.m. on the northbound 241 Freeway just north of Portola Parkway in Irvine.

One or more patients - possibly firefighters - were airlifted to a hospital after a fire engine rolled over in a serious crash on an Irvine freeway Thursday night.

All eight passengers in a firefighting vehicle that overturned were evacuated by helicopter, with six sustaining severe injuries.