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North Little Rock fire crews face sick staff, more calls
10 firefighters ill amid virus surge
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Neal Earley
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A NEBCO Fire Department truck is shown in this 2017 file photo.
With the delta variant surging across the state, a wave of covid-19 has hit the North Little Rock Fire Department, its chief said.
Ten firefighters are out sick with the coronavirus, with one hospitalized and on a ventilator. Another firefighter was released from the hospital Thursday with oxygen, North Little Rock Fire Chief Gerald Tucker said.
In large part because of the infectious delta variant, cases of covid are surging again around the state and pushing hospitals close to their capacity limits.
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