Firefighter Dies In Wisconsin- Several Injured

A firefighter was killed in an explosion in Calumet County, WI., in the town of St. Anna. "An explosion at a foundry in southern Calumet County left one firefighter dead and nine others injured, one seriously, Tuesday night, according to Sheriff Gerald Pagel."...Pagel said one of his officers on patrol saw a fire on the Bremer grounds about 7:20 p.m. and called for the St. Anna Fire Department to respond.
No employees were at the foundry at the time of the fire. Bremer officials could not be reached for comment.
Megan Wilcox, a spokeswoman for Appleton-based ThedaCare, said one firefighter was in critical condition at Theda Clark Medical Center in Neenah after being flown there by ThedaStar helicopter.
She had no information about the victim’s identity or extent of injuries.
The other eight firefighters had nonlife-threatening injuries and were treated at Calumet Medical Center in Chilton. Two were in stable condition and six were treated and released, according to Lisa Cruz, a spokeswoman for Affinity Health System. Their identities were not released." http://www.postcrescent.com/article/20091229/APC0101/91229135/1979&located=WISINFO
Chances are strong that this was a volunteer fireman who died. A person who left home on a winter night to fight a fire at a local business and they will never return home to their family.
Please keep this firefighter who died, their family and the injured firefighters in your prayers.

I was going to do a post about the problems with the Las Vegas firefighters union and the overtime problem, but this kind of puts things in perspective.
Update: Apparently this fire was in a dumpster and something exploded.
http://www.firehouse.com/topics/line-of-duty-deaths/dumpster-explosion-claims-wis-ff-five-others-injured