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Officials announce one firefighter has died as a result of Sun Prairie fire last night

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July 11, 2018 – Sun Prairie, WI – According to an announcement this morning made by Sun Prairie police Lt. Kevin Konopacki, one firefighter has died as a result of injuries suffered in last night’s fire in Sun Prairie.

According to Fox6Now.com:

Lt. Konopacki said Wednesday morning, July 11 during a press conference that firefighters did an initial clearing of all buildings in Sun Prairie — and no one was found. Firefighters were still battling flames more than three hours after the explosion.

“We had one police officer that was transported to the hospital and was released. We had seven civilians who were transported to the hospital with minor injures — they were all released. We had six firefighters who were transported to the hospital — three with minor injuries were released, one with a minor injury was admitted, one is still in very critical condition, and one succumbed to his injuries at the hospital,” said Lt. Konopacki.

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