2 Missouri firefighters honored in ceremony
October 13, 2014
(MARSHFIELD, Mo., AP) — Two Missouri firefighters who died in the line of duty were among 107 firefighters honored in a national ceremony.
Blankenship died about a week after being injured when he was trapped in a house fire on July 13, 2013, in Niangua. He was 38.
Hollingsworth, 47, of Lexington died in April 2013 in a car accident while driving to a house fire in Sibley.
KOLR reports (http://bit.ly/1w369vx) other firefighters honored Sunday included 19 Arizona firefighters killed in a canyon fire and 10 first responders killed during a fertilizer plant explosion in Texas last year.
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Information from: KOLR-TV, http://www.kolr10.com
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