STANLY COUNTY, N.C. —A fire captain was found dead in a firehouse Monday morning after responding to a fire Sunday night.
WSOCtv.com reported that Capt. Alan Hicks, 44, with the N.C. Air National Guard stationed at the Stanly County Airport Station #27, worked on the scene of a house fire and made an interior attack Sunday night. He died at the station before his shift ended Monday.
An official said an autopsy is pending, but it is believed he may have died from a heart attack, according to the report.
Stanly County’s last fire service LODD occurred in 1965 when a firefighter was killed responding to a fire.
It took crews an hour and 45 minutes to bring the fire under control.
There were only minor injuries on the scene and no firefighters were taken to the hospital. The owners were not home at the time of the fire.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation.