United States Fire Administration
17 September 2025
The United States Fire Administration has announced the death of Firefighter Luke Gehlhausen, 41, of the Celestine Volunteer Fire Department on 7 September 2025.
Celestine Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched to a structure fire at approximately 7:15 p.m. on September 7, 2025. While responding in his personal vehicle, Firefighter Luke Gehlhausen was involved in a single vehicle crash. Firefighter Gehlhausen was fatally injured in the motor vehicle accident and pronounced dead at the scene.
Age: 41
Rank: Firefighter
Classification: Volunteer
Incident date: Sep. 7, 2025 7:15 PM
Date of death: Sep. 7, 2025
Cause of fatal injury: Vehicle Collision – Includes Aircraft
Nature of fatal injury: Trauma
Activity type: Driving/Riding Personal Vehicle
Emergency duty: Yes
Duty type: Responding
Fixed property use: Residential
The number of on-duty deaths for 2025 is currently 62.
Go here to read the number of interior line of duty deaths for 2025.
Fatality status is provisional and may change as USFA contacts State Fire Marshals to verify fatality incident information.
For more information about on-duty deaths as recorded by the United States Fire Administration go to “Firefighter Fatalities in the United States.”
Photo courtesy of Celestine Volunteer Fire Department/Facebook.
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