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Firefighter suffers medical issue battling Big Canoe blaze
Flames contained to detached garage
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A Dawson County firefighter reportedly was taken to the hospital for a medical issue that developed while fighting a fire in Big Canoe Saturday morning. Dawson County Emergency Services Chief Lanier Swafford said the man, whose name has not been released, "is recovering." He did not elaborate on the medical issue that led to his hospitalization, other than to say he was not injured in the fire.