Body of missing Spring Valley firefighter found in NY nursing home inferno
Officials are expected to hold a briefing on the recovery on Wednesday
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The body of a New York firefighter who went missing in a dangerous fire at an assisted living facility was recovered late Tuesday night.
Spring Valley volunteer firefighter Jared Lloyd was attempting to rescue the building’s residents when he was trapped in the blaze.
Lloyd’s remains were escorted by fire trucks to the medical examiner’s office, according to FOX 5 New York.
Officials are expected to hold a briefing regarding the recovery on Wednesday, they reported Tuesday.
The fire at Rockland County’s Evergreen Court Home for Adults burned for hours, killing one of the facility’s more than 133 residents — whose name has not yet been released — and injuring others.
A second resident who was thought to be missing for several hours was later found unharmed. Officials initially believed a resident Lloyd was trying to rescue was unaccounted for as well, but that person was later found.
Two of the more than 100 firefighters fighting the fire were treated for smoke inhalation, another suffered a heart attack.
Twenty-three of the 27 volunteer fire departments in the county responded to the scene.
The New York City Fire Department and a chopper were also called to help fight the blaze, media outlet Belaaz reported.
Lloyd was reportedly on the third floor when parts of the structure began to collapse, and he sent out a distress call.
“The mayday was answered. However, with the extent of the fire, the volume of fire, the conditions were just too unbearable where firefighters went in, they just could not locate the firefighter and they headed back out,” Rockland County Fire and EMS Director Chris Kear told reporters on Tuesday.
WNBC reported Tuesday that a search crew and a rescue dog were able to locate Lloyd’s body in the debris.
Excavators were also brought to the area to aid in the effort. Read more from Fox News.
