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San Francisco firefighter dies in training accident

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A San Francisco firefighter died Wednesday after being injured during a training exercise, an official at the city’s fire department said.

Firefighter Jason Cortez, 42, was participating in a training drill when he was injured. His colleagues immediately gave him medical care and he was taken to San Francisco General Hospital where he died an hour later, San Francisco Fire Department spokesman Lt. Jonathan Baxter said.

Baxter called the incident a “training accident,” but did not give any other information, citing an ongoing investigation.

Cortez, the son of a retired San Francisco firefighter, was assigned to Station 3 in the Tenderloin, one of the busiest in the city, Baxter said.

“This is a very trying time as Jason was well-liked in our department,” he said.

A 13-year veteran of the department, Cortez was married with two children. He worked his way up the ranks of the department starting as an ambulance paramedic at Station 49, then going to the SFFD Academy and graduating as a paramedic/firefighter, Baxter said.

Family members, firefighters, paramedics, San Francisco police officers and city officials, including Mayor London Breed, gathered at the hospital to pay their respects and participate in a procession to honor Cortez.

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