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LODD: NY firefighter suffers medical emergency

Firefighter Kevin Bristol was found by his wife unresponsive and not breathing after he came home from a night shift

PEEKSKILL, N.Y. — A firefighter died Monday after suffering a medical emergency after working a night shift.

Firefighter Close Calls reported that firefighter Kevin J. Bristol, with the Peekskill Fire Department, worked the night shift on Sunday and responded to a kitchen fire Monday morning. Firefighter Bristol returned to his station and went off shift Monday morning.

That afternoon, his wife found him unresponsive and not breathing, according to the report.

Funeral arrangements are not finalized at this time.

We will post more information when it becomes available.