Jan. 05--KNOXVILLE -- A Knoxville Fire Department firefighter is recovering after having a heart attack while fighting a residential house fire on New Year's Eve, officials said.
Capt. Mark Lacey is doing reasonably well, according to University of Tennessee Medical Center doctors.
According to a fire department news release, Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit doctors have Lacey on a ventilator and feel optimistic that he will suffer no long-term neurological damage.
Lacey was working a house fire Tuesday night at 5508 Dandyline Drive when he suffered a heart attack, spokesman Capt. D.J. Corcoran said.
The family would like to sincerely thank the community for their continued prayers and concerns, Corcoran said.
More details as they develop online and in Sunday's News Sentinel.
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