DELAWARE COUNTY, Ind. -- Funeral arrangements have been set for a Hamilton Township volunteer firefighter who died hours after battling a barn fire earlier this week.
Jeffery Alan Blackmer, 42, had been cleaning gear at the station on N. Ind. 3 after returning from a fire early Wednesday morning. He was found dead just after 9 a.m.
Because his death was so soon after fighting a fire, it is considered a line of duty death.
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Blackmer had been a member of the Hamilton Township Volunteer Fire Department for almost a year and was in charge of the department's 20-hour membership program.
He leaves behind a fiance and two children.
Calling hours for firefighter Blackmer have been set for Wednesday, December 27 from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Destiny Christian Center at 5000 E. Centennial Avenue in Muncie.
Blackmer's funeral will be held at the same location on Thursday, December 28 starting at 11 a.m.
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