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Location:
Ohio -
Date:
09/24/2010 -
Incident Type:
Engine Incident -
Description:
Firefighter Ryan Neil Seitz and other firefighters from Ohio responded to a group of wildland fires in Eastern Ross County, Ohio. Firefighter Seitz was staffing a brush truck. The water tank on the brush truck failed under pressure and Firefighter Seitz was struck in the chest by a piece of the tank. He was killed as a result of trauma and was pronounced dead at the scene.
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