HIGHLAND, Tenn. (WKRN) — A Highland volunteer firefighter was injured Wednesday afternoon in a crash while responding to a fire in Portland.

According to the Highland Volunteer Fire Department, volunteer firefighters were dispatched just after 4 p.m. on Wednesday to assist the Portland Fire Department with a commercial structure fire on Highway 31 West.

Officials said the HVFD's Tanker 101 and Engine 103 — which is the City of Mitchellville's engine — responded to assist. Engine 103 was involved in a single-vehicle accident on Highway 259 near Highway 31 West just before 4:30 p.m.

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According to the HVFD, there was one firefighter in the vehicle. The firefighter suffered minor injuries and was taken to Portland Medical

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