Incident Name: Unnamed Grass Fire
Date:  3/20/2022
Personnel: April Partridge
Age:  55
Agency/Organization: Edgewater Park Volunteer Fire Department
Position: Volunteer Firefighter

Summary:

On Sunday, March 20, 2022, at approximately 12:24 p.m., the Edgewater Park Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched to a fire in the area of NE Kings Rd, just west of Lake Ellsworth.

During the fire extinguishment operations, Partridge, age 55, got separated from her vehicle resulting in her becoming a fatality during the fire, according to a press release from Comanche County/Lawton Emergency Management.

The official cause of her death is under investigation by the Oklahoma State Medical Examiner’s Office.

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