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Local volunteer firefighter passes away

FALLS CREEK, CLEARFIELD COUNTY, JEFFERSON COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) — 27-year-old Emilee Burtop, a volunteer firefighter with Falls Creek Volunteer Fire Department, passed away on May 2.

The volunteer firefighter suffered a broken blood clot in her leg that spread to her lungs.

Falls Creek Volunteer Fire Department released this in a post on their Facebook.

Emilee, and her husband, Kenny, were both active members of the department. 

Emilee is survived by her husband, Kenneth Burtop.