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Eugene Geno McDonough

Case from Lyndonville, VT dated Sep 04, 1998

Victim Details

Eugene McDonough

August 9, 2022

Male

White / Caucasian

Lyndonville

VT

1998-09-04

yes

10000

54

Eugene

Geno McDonough

07/07/2026


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A firefighter dies while putting out a fire due to arson
In the small town of Lyndonville, Vermont, the evening of Friday, September 4, 1998, brought with it a devastating event that would leave a lasting scar on the community. Eugene McDonough, a dedicated 54-year-old Caucasian male firefighter with the St. Johnsbury Fire Department, responded to a blaze at the expansive PMI Lumber Transfer warehouse, a building filled with pulp paper that fueled the inferno. The fire, it would later be determined, was no accident but an act of arson, turning a dange ...
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