Governor Youngkin orders flags at half mast for firefighter killed in Buchanan County fire

Greg Jordan, Bluefield Daily Telegraph, W.Va.
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Mar. 13—HAYSI, Va. — Gov. Glenn Youngkin ordered Monday that flags be flown at half-staff to honor a firefighter who died while fighting a fire in Buchanan County.

"In accordance with the authority vested in me as Governor, I hereby order that the flags of the United States of America and the Commonwealth of Virginia be flown at half-staff on all state and local buildings and grounds in the Commonwealth of Virginia in respect and memory of Rocky Shane Wood, of the Virginia Department of Forestry, the Vice Mayor of the town of Haysi and Chief of the Haysi Volunteer Fire Department. He was killed while fighting a wildfire in Buchanan County," Youngkin said in his order.

"I hereby order that the flags shall be lowered immediately on Monday, March 13, 2023 and remain at half-staff until sunset," Youngkin said..

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