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Calif. firefighter dies after responding to grass fire

Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District Firefighter Jim Saunders was a 22-year veteran of the department


Duty Death: Jim Saunders - [Sacramento, California]


By FireRescue1 Staff

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A firefighter died after suffering a heart attack at a fire over the weekend.

Sacramento, Calif., Metropolitan Fire District Firefighter Jim Saunders collapsed while fighting a grass fire.

Firefighter Saunders, a 22-year veteran of the department, was treated on scene by firefighter/paramedics and transported to a local hospital, where he died Thursday morning.

A Line of Duty Death Funeral is tentatively scheduled for Oct. 12.





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