The U.S. Fire Administration has announced the official on-duty death of Firefighter Richard Sheltra, 20, of the Pineville-Morrow Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue, Inc., on April 30, 2016.
Firefighter Richard Sheltra died from injuries sustained while operating on the interior of a commercial structure fire at a strip mall in Pineville, North Carolina. A second firefighter was injured in the incident which remains under investigation by local, state, and federal authorities.
Tribute is being paid to Firefighter Sheltra at http://apps.usfa.fema.gov/firefighter-fatalities/
To date, 21 firefighter fatalities have been reported to USFA in 2016. Year-to-date and annual USFA firefighter fatality reports are posted online at http://apps.usfa.fema.gov/firefighter-fatalities/fatalityData/statistics
Fatality status is provisional and may change as USFA contacts State Fire Marshals to verify fatality incident information.
