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.