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    Lawrence Mill, AL, Firefighter Killed in Apparatus Crash

    Feb. 6, 2024
    Firefighter Tony Baumgartner, 71, was a founding member of the Lawrence Mill Volunteer Fire Department.
    Lawrence Mill Volunteer Fire Department/Facebook
    Firefighter Tony Baumgartner was killed in an engine crash.
    Firefighter Tony Baumgartner was killed in an engine crash.

    The Lawrence Mill fire chief discovered one of his engines crashed and a veteran firefighter dead while leaving a fire early Monday.

    Firefighter Tony Baumgartner, 71, was one of the founding members of the fire department.

    The flag at the fire company is at half-staff in his memory, WBRC reported. 

    Baumgartner was returning from a fire when the crash occurred. 

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