Edgewater Park, OK, Volunteer Fire Department firefighter April Partridge has been identified as the firefighter killed Sunday while battling a wildfire near Lake Ellsworth.
On Sunday, March 20, 2022, at approximately 12:24 p.m., the Edgewater Park Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched to a fire in the area of NE Kings Rd, just west of Lake Ellsworth.
During the fire extinguishment operations, Partridge, age 55, got separated from her vehicle resulting in her becoming a fatality during the fire, according to a press release from Comanche County/Lawton Emergency Management.
The official cause of her death is under investigation by the Oklahoma State Medical Examiner’s Office.
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