A Chicago firefighter has died from injuries he sustained in the line of duty last week, according to reports.
CBS reports that Firefighter Mashawn Plummer, 30, died Tuesday after being critically injured in the fire at 3138 N. Marmora Ave on December 16, 2021.
“It was a very windy night if you recall on December 16,” Chicago Fire Department Larry Langford told reporters from The Chicago Tribune. “And the velocity of the wind makes firefighting much more difficult because it whips the fire up.”
Firefighter Plummer joined the fire department on December 1, 2020, recently marking one year as a Chicago firefighter. He was assigned to Engine 94 firehouse.
Another person also died in the fire, and another was critically injured.
Mayday, Chicago Firefighter Among Four Critically Injured in Fire
According to the U.S. Fire Administration, on Thursday, December 16, 2021, Firefighter/EMT Mashawn J. Plummer was at the scene of a two-story apartment building fire when he suffered a medical emergency. He was immediately rushed to the hospital where he remained until passing away on Tuesday, December 21, 2021. The fire also took the life of a civilian and injured two others.
