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Location:
California -
Date:
09/26/1978 -
Incident Type:
Heat Related Illness -
Description:
On September 26, 1978, 21 year old California Department of Forestry (CDF, now CAL FIRE) Timothy J. Holsinger succumbed to heat stroke while working to suppress a fire on the Shasta Ranger Unit near Redding, California. Further details concerning this incident are not readily available.
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