A firefighter has been seriously injured in a 30-foot fall while battling a blaze in the Bronx.

Fire Commissioner Daniel A. Nigro says the Sunday night fire occurred in a Pelham Bay building where marijuana was being grown. The firefighter was admitted to a hospital in serious but stable condition with back and leg injuries.

FDNY Commissioner Daniel Nigro said the firefighter is 38 years old, a married father of three and a 12-year veteran of the department.

�Very early in the operation, the firefighter assigned to roof position was climbing to the roof on a 35-foot extension ladder, lost his footing and fell 30 feet to the pavement,� Nigro said.��That firefighter received serious injuries. He is stable and he is conscious. � He�is a very lucky individual.

�It�s a very dangerous job,� Nigro added. �I�ve said this over and over at these operations and sometimes these things happen.�

The cause of Sunday night�s fire was not immediately determined.

In September 2016, Deputy Chief Michael Fahy was killed in a gas explosion at another marijuana �grow house� in the Bronx. Two men who caused Fahy�s death by tampering with gas lines at that illegal marijuana-growing operation pleaded guilty to manslaughter and were sentenced to prison in August.

(YWN / AP)