A firefighter with the LaGrange (NC) Fire Department has died after falling ill during brush fire operations, according to a report from the U.S. Fire Administration.
On Sunday, February 20, 2022, Captain David Holmes, 51, responded to the scene of a brush fire. While at the incident, he experienced breathing problems. Captain Holmes was immediately transported to the hospital where he was placed on life support. He was then moved to the Cape Fear Hospital where he was removed from life support on Monday, February 28, 2022. The nature of his death was a massive heart attack.
Captain Holmes was the former Fire Chief of the LaGrange Fire Department from 2000 through 2010.
