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Name: David E. Carr
Rank: Firefighter-Operator
Age: 62
Gender: Male
Status: Volunteer
Years of Service: 30+
Date of Incident: 11/03/2017
Time of Incident: 2125hrs
Date of Death: 11/04/2017
Fire Department: Brasher - Winthrop Volunteer Fire Department
Address: 708 ST HWY 11C POB 11, Winthrop, NY 13697
Fire Department Chief: Patrick Kowalchuk
Incident Description: Firefighter-Operator David E. Carr responded with his fire department on a mutual aid call to an industrial fire of 5,800 tons of burning wood pellets inside of a large metal warehouse. Firefighters, with the aid of the company president who brought in an excavator from another work site to tear down the walls and roof of the building, worked through the night to bring the fire under control. After being released from the scene, Firefighter-Operator Carr returned with his fire department to the firehouse to clean and put away equipment. Firefighter-Operator Carr then departed for home, where, later in the morning, he succumbed to a nature and cause of fatal injury still to be reported.
Incident Location: Curran Renewable Energy, 26 Trade Dr, Massena, NY 13662
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