Updated, 9:30 a.m. Aug. 2:
A Wichita firefighter who died while responding to a house fire Thursday has been identified as 27-year-old Ty Voth, a five year veteran of the department.
Original story: A Wichita firefighter has died after responding to a house fire in south Wichita in 100-degree heat Thursday.
“One of Wichita’s bravest was injured in the line of duty,” Wichita Fire Department Chief Tammy Snow said at a news conference Thursday evening at City Hall. “He later succumbed to his injures.”
The firefighter’s identity was not released at the news conference. No details about what happened were released, and Snow did not take any questions, saying the community would be updated as information becomes available.
First responders were sent at 2:55 p.m. to a house fire in the 8900 block of South Laura Street. The firefighter was rushed to a hospital after becoming unresponsive and died at 3:22 p.m.