A community in Bucks County is honoring a veteran firefighter who died one week after being injured while on duty.

"This is a tragic time for us; it's a very sudden loss for the fire company," said Joe Gasper, the public information officer for the Third District Fire Company Station 14 in Bristol Township.

Purple and black bunting hangs from the firehouse, the American flag is at half-staff, and candles flicker at a memorial to honor Ed Margavich, a lifetime member and a pillar of the fire company.

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"Never hesitated to get out of bed at 2 in the morning to go out for whatever was needed," Gasper said.

The fire company said Margavich first joined at age 16. He was a former chief, and for over six decades, he helped protect his community as a firefighter.

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