ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Fire officials are investigating why two firefighters recently got into a physical altercation at the scene of a rollover accident.
“It’s bad. I can’t sugarcoat it. It’s bad,” Albuquerque Fire Department Chief David Downey said. “It’s embarrassing and unprofessional. I can’t say anything else about it. It’s not a behavior we would ever condone.”
Officials are looking into whether or not the firefighters got into the scuffle before the people injured in the rollover were treated, KOAT reported.
“If all of the patient care had not been done and patient care was compromised, that makes a bad situation worse,” Chief Downey said.
Chief Downey said the incident is rare for the department.
“The only time I remember something like this occurring on an incident was almost 15 to 20 years ago,” he said.
One firefighter involved has been with the department for more than 20 years. He is now on administrative assignment, according to the report. The other firefighter has been with the department for about a year and is still working at the station.