By Kelsie Hahn
The Tribune-Herald

Photo courtesy of Bowers Funeral Home Robert Knight.

TEAGUE, Texas — The fire chief of the Teague Volunteer Fire Department died Saturday from injuries sustained fighting a fire in downtown Teague, the Freestone County Sheriff’s Department said.

Robert Knight, 42, died in a hospital in Tyler where he was being treated for his injuries, an employee at Bowers Funeral Home said.

Knight was a longtime resident of Teague and a 1988 graduate of Texas A&M University, his obituary said. He joined the Teague Volunteer Fire Department in 1989 and became chief in 1999, it said. He also had volunteered as a paramedic. Knight is survived by his wife, son and two daughters.

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