Texas Firefighter Stabbed While Fighting Blazes Along Interstate

A firetruck in the driveway in front of the Austin Fire Department station in Austin, Texas, in August 2015. Tomasz Kubis/Shutterstock

AUSTIN, Texas—A Texas firefighter was stabbed in the thigh early Monday morning by a man accused of starting the multiple fires firefighters were putting out along Interstate 35 in Austin, authorities said.

Austin Fire Department shift commander Eddie Martinez told the Austin American-Statesman that the firefighter’s injuries weren’t life-threatening.