CLINTON, Iowa (KCRG) - A firefighter who was severely injured during a Saturday blast in Clinton is improving, authorities said Sunday.

In an update to media outlets, city officials said Adam Cain is awake, alert and now breathing on his own. Cain had been listed in critical condition at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics following a fire at an ADM facility in Clinton.

Cain and fellow firefighter Lt. Eric Hosette had been working snuff out flames that had started in a silo storage bin when they were injured by an explosion. Hosette was rushed to an area hospital, but attempts to revive him were unsuccessful. 

Additional:
Clinton firefighter dies in explosion at ADM plant, The Gazette
Procession carries fallen firefighter's body home to Clinton, KCCI
Clinton community follows Lt. Hosette on his final ride to the fire station, KWQC

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Clinton Iowa Fire Fighter - Eric Hosette - Procession Clip, Jefferson Monroe Fire Department

Fire Departments Pay Tribute to Fallen Firefighter, We Are Iowa Local 5 News

 

NEW YORK (NBC New York) - An FDNY firefighter died late Sunday after he fell more than 50 feet off a bridge in Brooklyn while trying to help injured people at the scene of a car wreck, officials say.

Probationary firefighter Steven Pollard, 30, who comes from a family of FDNY firefighters, rushed to the scene of the crash around 10 p.m. on the westbound side of the Belt Parkway, just east of Flatbush, FDNY Commissioner Daniel A. Nigro said early Monday at a press conference. Pollard tried jumping from one side to the other when he slipped through a gap on the Mill Basin overpass and plunged 52 feet to the concrete below.

Pollard, who was assigned to Ladder Company 170 in Brooklyn, was pronounced dead at an area hospital a short time later. He had been on the job for a year and a half and is the 1,151 member of the FDNY to die in the line of duty.

Additional:
        New York Firefighter Dies After Falling From Belt Parkway in Brooklyn, New York Times
FDNY firefighter dead after fall from bridge, New York Post
FDNY firefighter dies after falling off bridge in Brooklyn while on emergency call, New York Daily News

 

Firefighter Dies In Line Of Duty In Brooklyn, CBS New York

 

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An FDNY firefighter is dead after falling nearly 60 feet off the Mill Basin Bridge in Brooklyn Sunday night. Fire officials say Steven Pollard, 30, of Ladder Company 170 was responding to a two-car accident with injuries around 10 p.m. on the bridge along the Belt Parkway. NY1 is told he slipped through a gap in the bridge and fell 52 feet into a construction site below, as he crossed from the eastbound to the westbound lanes.
- PUB DATE: 1/7/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Spectrum News NY1

One Eastern Iowa firefighter was killed and another was seriously injured when an explosion rocked an ADM plant. Eric Hosette, 33, died Saturday in the incident at the Archer Daniels Midland plant in Clinton. Adam Cain, 23, was in critical but stable condition Saturday night at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City, officials said.
- PUB DATE: 1/7/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Gazette

Savannah’s city manager says the local fire union isn’t telling the whole story in recent social media posts about the cuts to the department. Tweets from the local fire union blast the city for taking a fire engine out of service, saying another reduction could be coming any day now. The tweets have been frequent and consistent in their message.
- PUB DATE: 1/7/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTOC 11