HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. (WNCN) – A Orange Rural Fire Department firefighter died on the job Monday afternoon, according to a release from the Town of Hillsborough.
The firefighter had made a rescue call earlier in the day. He was found unresponsive at the station around 1:30 p.m. Revival attempts by the crew on shift, and by emergency workers who arrived on the scene were unsuccessful, the release said.
The firefighter, who has yet to be named, was one of two Orange Rural firefighters who entered a trench on West Ten Road in Efland Monday to free
