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Paw Paw VFD Powerline Incident Fatality 2023

  • Incident Information:

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  • Location:

    Michigan

  • Date:

    02/22/2023

  • Incident Type:

    Power Line Incident

  • Description:

    On Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023, Lieutenant Ethan M. Quillen was operating with crews at the scene of trees on fire and wires down due to an ice storm. While at the scene, a tree broke in the vicinity of the incident and caused a power line to collapse and strike Lieutenant Quillen. He was immediately rushed to the hospital where he was pronounced deceased.

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