Name: Donnie Caldwell

Rank: Lieutenant

Age: 74

Gender: Male

Status: Volunteer

Years of Service: 20

Date of Incident: 01/30/2007

Time of Incident: 1043hrs

Date of Death: 05/13/2010

Fire Department: Ghent Area Volunteer Fire Department

Address: PO Box 99, 2651 Flat Top Road, Ghent, WV 25843

Fire Department Chief: James Belcher

Incident Description: Lieutenant Caldwell, one of the firefighters injured in the 2007 Little General Store explosion in Ghent, West Virginia, has passed away from complications related to the injuries he sustained in the blast.

The propane explosion killed two other firefighters at the incident scene, Captain Fred Burroughs, and Firefighter-EMT Craig Dorsey. Two propane service technicians were also killed and five other people were injured. The explosion leveled the store, destroyed a responding ambulance, and damaged other nearby vehicles.

Incident Location: US 19 & Flat Top Lake Road.

Memorial Fund Contact and Address: In honor of Lieutenant Donnie Caldwell, c/o Ghent Area Volunteer Fire Department, PO Box 99, Ghent, WV 25843.