Ohio Mourns Loss of Firefighter

The Whitewater Township Fire Department is mourning the loss of one of its officers.

The department said Lt. Paul Montavon was responding to a call when he died. The department would not say how Montavon died, but that it was a "non-traumatic" death.

Montavon was a 33-year veteran of the fire department and also worked as the department's fire marshal.

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