Firefighters got into an accident while responding to an early morning fire in Kent County, Delaware just before 4:30 a.m. Sunday.
The Leipsic Fire Company's fire truck dipped into an embankment while responding to a barn fire in the 2100 block of East Denneys Road.
The engine tried to get around a tanker on the one-lane roadway when it rolled down into a ditch.
The fire truck's driver, 72-year-old John Burkett, was taken to the hospital for observation, but no injuries were reported.
The Leipsic Fire Company has two fire trucks.
Leipsic, Cheswold, Smyrna, Little Creek -- all volunteer fire companies -- responded to the barn fire, which housed equipment.
The full extent of the damage to the fire apparatus is not yet known.
