Eric M. Hosette
Lieutenant
Clinton Fire Department
Clinton, Iowa
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Status: Career
Years of Service: 12
Date of Incident: Jan. 5, 2019
Date of Death: Jan. 5, 2019
At 5:45 a.m., the Clinton Fire Department’s on-duty crew responded to a reported smoldering fire in a silo storage bin at Archer-Daniels-Midland loading facility. At 7:00 a.m., the scene was handed off to the next crew coming on-duty which included Lieutenant Eric Hosette. Nearly two hours later at 8:45 a.m., Hosette was injured in an explosion at the scene. Hosette was transported to Mercy Medical Center where, despite all efforts, he passed away. A second firefighter was critically injured during the explosion but survived.
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