The firefighter's name is Ryan Hummert. He was 22 years old and been on the job for 10 months, according to the Maplewood Fire Chief who just gave a news conference.

To seemore coverage of this story, you can hit some of the television news stations in the St. Louis area, such as KSDK, KMOV, or KTVI, as well as the Post-Dispatch.

Very sad day around here.