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LODD: NY firefighter dies from injuries

Long Island volunteer firefighter Joseph Stanford Jr. fell through a floor battling a house fire last week

CBS New York

NEW YORK — A volunteer firefighter on Long Island has died following injuries sustained while battling a fire last Friday.

Joseph Sanford Jr. died at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, at North Shore-LIJ Hospital in Manhasset.

Sanford was a volunteer with the Inwood Fire Department. The 43-year-old fell into the basement of a home on Central Avenue in Woodmere.

Full story: Firefighter dies days after being injured fighting Woodmere Blaze