Driver hinders firefighting efforts

Several Indianapolis firefighters also had to battle a wayward driver while battling a blaze on the city's west side Tuesday. Crews were fighting a house fire at West 29th Street and Barnes Avenue just before 2 a.m. when a man drove around the fire trucks, onto the sidewalk, over hoses and into the middle of the fire scene. The driver narrowly missed members of the fire department, who had to pick up the car and remove it from the water-supply line. The driver was arrested when he became confrontational. The two-story house, which was vacant, was called a total loss.