TWO COMPANIES OF FIREFIGHTERS CAN CONSIDER THEMSELVES LUCKY today following this close call in West Jordan, Utah.  Early Thursday morning the alarm came in for a fire in one of the town’s more popular restaurants. 

KSL-TV reported:

Crews arrived just after midnight to find smoke billowing from the eaves of Jim’s Family Restaurant at 7609 S. Redwood Rd., but the blaze quickly escalated to a second alarm, then a third.

West Jordan Fire Department Battalion Chief Reed Scharman says two groups of firefighters were inside when part of the roof collapsed. Big beams and other debris fell on six of the firefighters.

“A couple of them were knocked down,” Scharman said. “They were able to, with the assistance of the others who were inside that didn’t get hit by any of the ceiling coming down, get oriented as to the direction they needed to go.”