The assistant chief of the Hungry Valley (NV) Volunteer Fire Department died after suffering a heart attack duringwildlandtraining.
Donovan Garcia Jr., 52,died on duty, according to a report from theReno-Gazette Journal.
Garcia was participating in a wildland firetrainingin Hungry Valley when he collapsed, and was pronounced dead at an area hospital.
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Numerous firefighters have fallen this year after suffering heart attacks on the job. In late May, aBaltimore County (MD) firefighter died of a suspected heart attackduring training, and theBirmingham (AL) fire chief died unexpectedly of a suspected massive heart attack. In April, a longtimeWest Virginia volunteer fire chief was also felled by an apparent heart attack.
