A firefighter with the Hamilton Township Volunteer Fire Department died Wednesday after he helped battle an early morning barn blaze.
Jeffery Alan Blackmer, 42, apparently fell ill at the fire station at 8021 N. Ind. 3, where he was cleaning gear after the fire in the 7700 block of North Delaware County Road 320-E.
The fire was reported at 2:19 a.m. Blackmer was last seen by fellow firefighters at the station about 5:30 a.m.
The volunteer’s fiancee became concerned after he failed to answer his cellphone, Hamilton Township Fire Chief Tim Baty said, and alerted his colleagues.His body was found about 9:45 a.m.