COAL TOWNSHIP, Pa. -- A firefighter from Northumberland County passed away on Thursday.
The coroner tells Newswatch 16 Scott Dannheimer, 53 of Shamokin, was pronounced dead at a local hospital after responding to a fire in Coal Township.
He was found unresponsive in the cab of the firetruck and transported to the hospital.
Dannheimer was a firefighter with East End Fire Company.
According to the coroner, an autopsy is scheduled for Friday.