Safety & Health

Injured IA Firefighter Visits Station

Jan. 26, 2019

Clinton firefighter Adam Cain, who was hurt in a grain bin explosion earlier this month, was greeted by more than 100 family members and friends.

Source Moline Dispatch and Rock Island Argus, Ill.

More than 100 friends and family members turned out to greet injured Clinton firefighter Adam Cain on his visit to the fire station after his release from the hospital.

Clinton Firefighter Adam Cain returned to the Central Fire Station in Clinton for the first time since being seriously injured while battling a grain bin fire at the Archer Daniels Midland plant in Clinton on Jan. 5.

Despite the snow and freezing temperatures, more than 100 family, friends and community residents turned out to welcome him home to the fire station.

Standing behind his son, Kevin Cain grasped his son’s shoulders and thanked everyone for their continuing support since the accident. After being released from the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, a procession of vehicles made its way to the eastern Iowa community that buried fellow firefighter Lt. Eric Hosette on Jan. 12 who was killed battling the same fire. After about thirty minutes, Cain was helped into a Clinton Fire Department pickup truck and was driven home.

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