Arkansas Firefighter Dies from Earlier Collapse Injuries

PINE BLUFF, Ark. - A firefighter injured when the wall of a burning building collapsed atop him in January has died.

Lt. David Curlin, 40, died Saturday afternoon at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock.

Curlin was injured Jan. 3 as he and other firefighters were battling a blaze at an office-supply store on Main Street in Pine Bluff. When a brick wall and support beam fell on him, he was pinned beneath the bricks and the beam for about a minute and a half before he was freed.

Doctors said he suffered two broken arms, a broken pelvis and hip, broken ribs, a punctured lung and artery damage, and underwent several operations.

Curlin was a 14-year veteran of the Pine Bluff Fire Department. He is survived by his wife and four daughters.

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Permalink Reply by Roy Walker on May 24, 2010 at 7:45am

You have been called to a higher duty, rest in peace brother

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Permalink Reply by Jeffrey Bactong Kionisala on May 24, 2010 at 11:37am

my heart felt condolences to the bereaved family and friends of the late hero firefighter who is doing his job, ignoring the potential risk there may be, just to save lives and properties, you are a hero, may you rest in peace in the arm of the LORD, brother.