Fire Captain Stable After Electrical Shock
A Los Angeles fire captain who was shocked by a high-voltage wire while investigating a reported fire in Hollywood had improved to stable condition Sunday at the Grossman Burn Center at Sherman Oaks Hospital, a hospital spokeswoman said.
Early Saturday, Eric J. Greene, 52, a 28-year veteran of the Fire Department, was investigating reports of smoke on the fourth floor of a Santa Monica Boulevard office building, the department said.
The electric shock stopped Greene’s heart, but firefighters revived him with a defibrillator at the scene and took him to a nearby hospital. He was transferred to the burn center on Saturday afternoon, said the hospital’s Debbie Groveman.
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