On that fateful day, the West Grove Fire Company assisted the Avondale Fire Company at a building fire that consumed a grinding mill, lumber yard, and coal yard in the Village of Toughkenamon. During the fire, a chimney collapsed; killing Firefighter Walker instantly. Mr. Walker was 27 years old. The fire also injured two other firefighters: one from the Union Fire Company No. 1 of Oxford and a firefighter from Engine Company 8 from Wilmington, Delaware.

Our thoughts are also with the Lionville Fire Company who laid Fire Police Captain John “Jack” Sledgeski to rest this morning after suffering a medical emergency in the Line of Duty last week.