In Southern California, two counties are sending crews to Orange County after eight firefighters there were injured in a crash. They will help in the battle against the devastating Airport Fire, which is now more than 50% contained after days of progress.

The crash occurred when an Orange County Fire Authority truck swerved to miss a ladder in the road, causing it to flip, reports say.

Six firefighters who had been battling the Airport fire remained hospitalized after their vehicle rolled over on State Route 241.

Eight firefighters were injured, including six critically, after a fire truck rolled over and crashed on a California freeway on Thursday evening.

The firefighters had been battling the massive Airport Fire​ before eight were seriously injured in a rollover crash on a freeway in Orange County, officials said.

Eight firefighters with the Orange County Fire Authority's Santiago hand crew, who had been fighting the Airport fire, were injured Thursday — six of them seriously — after their vehicle crashed and flipped on State Route 241,

The Orange County Fire Department said that the Irvine, California, crash left six of the eight crash victims critically injured. (Credit: KTTV/ OC Hawk)

Eight firefighters were hurt -- including two critically -- when the fire truck they were in rolled over while returning from a 12-hour shift battling the Airport Fire wildfire, one of several large blazes raging in Southern California,