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LODD: R.I. firefighter dies of apparent heart attack hours after structure fire

Robert “Bob” Thomas Gardner, Jr. had served as a deputy chief for the Richmond-Carolina Fire District

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Duty Death: Robert “Bob” Thomas Gardner - [Richmond]

End of Service: 26/01/2023

By Leila Merrill
FireRescue1

CAROLINA, R.I. — Firefighter Robert “Bob” Thomas Gardner, Jr., 55, died Thursday of an apparent heart attack, according to the U.S. Fire Administration.

He had been at the Richmond-Carolina Fire District station putting apparatus and equipment back in service after a residential structure fire call Wednesday.

Gardner, a former deputy chief, went home and sometime overnight suffered an apparent heart attack and passed away.

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“This is by far the hardest announcement to make,” Chief Scott W. Barber wrote in a Facebook post. “Please keep his family and his fellow firefighters in your thoughts and prayers as we all process and deal with the loss of our brother.”

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