A Boone County assistant fire chief died in the line of duty Monday. Matthew Tobben was working alongside a Columbia firefighter on a water rescue operation.
COLUMBIA, Mo. — A Boone County firefighter died in the line of duty early Monday morning while assisting the Columbia Fire Department with a water rescue in Columbia., Fire Protection District Assistant Chief Matt Tobben was working alongside a Columbia firefighter on a swift water rescue operation at Rangeline Street and Bear Creek. The firefighters had rescued two people before their Zodiak boat overturned, and Tobben was thrown from the boat and drowned.
The other firefighter and the two victims were rescued and doing OK, according to the fire protection district.Boone County Assistant Fire Chief Gale Blomenkamp said Tobben was a member of Missouri Task Force One for more than 10 years and became the training chief for the Boone County Fire Protection District in May. Before joining the Boone County Fire Protection District, he was a 19-year veteran with the Union Fire Department.
"Please keep family in your thoughts and prayers during this very difficult time," Boone County Fire Protection District Chief Scott Olsen said in the post. Blomenkamp said it was the second flooding-related drowning in the county in the last week. According to KOMU, the other drowning occurred when a woman wasTo watch 5 On Your Side broadcasts or reports 24/7, 5 On Your Side is always streaming on
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