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LODD: Firefighter goes into cardiac arrest after fire

James Donnie Keith responded to a mobile home fire and went into cardiac arrest later at his home

MT. ZION, Ala. — Mt. Zion volunteer firefighter James Donnie Keith, 59, died Thursday several hours after responding to a mobile home fire.

Firefighter Keith was home when he began to feel ill and went into cardiac arrest. Members of the Mt. Zion fire department and a private ambulance company responded and transported him to a hospital, according to FirefigherCloseCalls.com.

He later died at the hospital. Firefighter Keith leaves behind his wife, two sons and seven grandchildren.