NC Firefighter Dies Following Physical Fitness Training

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A firefighter with the LaGrange (NC) Fire Department recently passed away following physical fitness training, according to the U.S. Fire Administration.

On Tuesday, May 25, 2021, Firefighter Charles Wayne Spry, 51, attended mandated physical fitness training at the fire department. Early the next morning, Wednesday, May 26, 2021, his family found him unresponsive on the kitchen floor of his home. Firefighter Spry passed away from a cardiac event.

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