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Delaware Co. volunteer firefighter found dead hours after responding to fire

DELAWARE COUNTY, Ind. (WISH) — A Hamilton Township volunteer firefighter is dead just hours after battling a fire early Wednesday morning.

The body of Jeffrey Blackmer was discovered just hours after his fiancee called to check in on him after responding to a fire.

Officials said he had responded to a fire around 2:30 a.m. and was last seen at 5:30 a.m. His body was discovered at the station by another firefighter around 9:30 a.m.

Blackmer worked over 2,000 hours in 2017 for the fire department and was previously a firefighter in Wisconsin.

The autopsy for Blackmer is pending.